If I ruled the world, there would be no such thing as admin.
No doing the job, and then recording that you’ve done the job.
No doing the job, then trying to remember how long it took you.
No working out how far you are through doing a job.
No going looking for the things I need to do the job. They would simply appear when I need them as a result of another job, done by me or someone else.
No raising invoices for a job done, days or even weeks after it was done. Getting paid is an intrinsic part of doing the job. It can also take place in parallel.
No starting a job without finishing it. Or at least leaving it in a clearly defined and safe state.
There would be reporting. It just wouldn’t be me doing it. Doing the job would produce this information as a side-effect. No need to create extra ‘work about work’ to do that.
There would be feedback too. From the system to me, that tells me where I am and how I’m doing. From other humans to me and from me to other humans about how we could make doing the job easier, faster, cheaper, more effective – for the benefit of the people we serve.
Let software do all the admin. Leave the difficult, unpredictable, interesting bits of doing the job to me please. I’m better at them than any machine.
My world is not so hard to achieve. It’s possible right now.
All you have to do is think differently about what a job is.
Discipline makes Daring possible.