A new spin on Best Practices

As consultants and business owners, many of us subscribe to the idea that Best Practices are just that - the time-honored success methods of various companies to solve common problems and construct new business methods to ensure ongoing success.

Tim Berry, a very smart guy and serial entrepreneur, has another spin on the whole
Jim Collins "Good to Great" idea. Really thought-provoking for me as a systems and process-oriented person. Think about using Best Practices as just the idea generator.

http://timberry.bplans.com/2010/07/the-sad-truth-about-best-practices.html

Thanks, Tim for bringing these ideas into focus so well. This article has implications great and small for all of us in the recruiting business. We so often look at best practices in both HR and recruiting that maybe we need to re-think our allegiance to the concept.