Kill a Stupid Rule.

Eliminate what’s slowing your team down. Today.

What it is

Surface the rules no one questions. Then kill them.

Teams call out the rules, processes, and norms that create friction without adding value. Then they sort them: the non-negotiables (legal, regulatory) from the ones that exist purely out of habit. What’s left gets plotted by impact and ease of removal. Kill it, change it, pilot something new, or keep it with a clear reason why. The session wraps with a commit list and clear owners. Not a conversation. A decision.

01
Kill

These rules are dead weight. No value, no defense. The team agrees, they go away immediately.

02
Change
Worth keeping, but not as-is. These rules get rewritten to remove friction while preserving the intent.
03
Pilot
Not ready to kill, not ready to commit. Test a new approach with a small group before rolling it out.
04
Keep

These rules exist for a reason. The team reviewed them and they stay with full understanding of why.

01
Kill

These rules are dead weight. No value, no defense. The team agrees, they go away immediately.

02
Change
Worth keeping, but not as-is. These rules get rewritten to remove friction while preserving the intent.
03
Pilot
Not ready to kill, not ready to commit. Test a new approach with a small group before rolling it out.
04
Keep

These rules exist for a reason. The team reviewed them and they stay with full understanding of why.

RESULTS

In real organizations.
In real numbers. 
Rules identified to modify or kill
0 +
ICCU
Rules identified in 5 minutes
0 +
AT&T
Time-sucks identified
0 +
Pfizer
Estimated savings from 4 rules killed
$ 0 K+
Chamberlain Group

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