In 2022, leaders across industries seem to have one thing in common: they report that their organizations are spending more time firefighting than ever before. A prevailing reactionary culture has emerged, born of the business climate of the past three years. In that time we’ve seen shutdowns, layoffs, large scale resignations, wildly changing employee expectations, supply chain challenges, interest rate hikes, and rising costs of attracting and retaining employees. The list goes on and on. Many organizations are still understaffed at several levels of the hierarchy and the resignation environment continues to disrupt progress. A large percentage of front line workers are new, and due to inexperience, there may be only so much they can do without strong guidance. Key staff supporting positions are also understaffed, including IT, Maintenance, and Engineering departments—all contributing to an atmosphere of intense firefighting. How can you reduce or eliminate firefighting and get back to more purposeful work?
Last year, many organizations made significant changes to keep their businesses afloat–from going after different markets and launching new products and services to implementing across-the-board Work from Home or Work from Anywhere for their employees. By now, most organizations have the data to determine what market and product changes are sustainable for the new economy we are entering, and now is the ideal time to re-think and fine-tune your organization to determine the best strategy, structure, and work design. 
