Simple rules: Common mistakes with simple rules

In this review Donald Sull is talking about five types of pitfalls that can arise which may overrule the simple rules of the organisation. He says that pitfall can arise in many ways and that can derail all the rules built. One of the pitfalls he talks first is that simple rules are too broad, organisation try do a lot of process by thinking that they are concentrating only on single process as such. You should always think about only a single process that can be brainstorming, acquisition, new product development where you are clear about the process. Second pitfall he talks about is that rules are too detailed and sometimes it becomes too overwhelming and confusing to handle. Third way that simple rule may go bad is that they are too vague, here they mean that even if they more focus on a particular process but they too little opportunities because of poor guidance in the working. Fourth pitfall can be having rules that are too mindless; organisation has rules that are simple but revolves around without any proper thinking process going into development of the rules. Fifth rule can be letting the simple rules going beyond the sell by date ie rules that becomes irrelevant after some years of the working of the organisation.