Our mantra is ‘Simplicity from Complexity’ but we don’t believe in absolutes. We find when clarity from complexity has been achieved our clients are more than satisfied.
Thomas and McKinlay Consulting (TAM Consultants Pty Ltd) was founded to reduce complexity and share knowledge to provide the clarity that enables good decision making in all circumstances.
The biggest misunderstanding of simplification is to think of dumbing things down. Reducing complexity is the opposite. The more knowledgeable we become the greater our capacity to understand complications and simplify.
In our experience dumbing things down and commoditising services has created much of the complexity we grapple with in industry today. TAM was founded to provide technical insight and education. The problems caused by complexity has become our major insight.
The world currently faces many simultaneous disruptions. Trying to address these disruptions and continue business as usual is creating a level of complexity that is hindering our ability to deal with the situation.
Understanding the situation through the lens of complexity science provides insights into the need for education, collaboration and the correct courses of action.
Our logo showing the spiral of performance reflects our belief that performance follows from finding the sweet spot amongst people aspects, technical excellence, business process and the application of digital technology. It also reflects the difference between dumbing things down and seeking real insight. You are climbing the spiral, becoming more effective, when you seek insight, when you are trying to lead, but you are in the race to the bottom when you try to manage what you don’t understand.
We believe complexity prevents high performance and arises when experience and techniques are blindly repeated in pursuit of the dollar. We don’t offer bodies for hire. We seek to provide intelligent insight and improve methods. In this way we help our clients reduce complexity and provide clarity to their organisations.
We have developed a number of proven methodologies that capture the intelligence of the people we have collaborated with over the years. It is the application of these methodologies that forms the game plan behind the upward spiral towards high performance.
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