A recent Harvard Business Review article discussed slowing down our culture of busyness. One idea the author recommends is to build slack into your system.
This article defined four practical steps that could help businesses build slack into their systems. The first step is budgeting for enhanced resources such as time, space, people, and equipment.
Secondly, you can reallocate your existing resources, making less productive assets more productive. The third step is to foster the ability to deviate from the plan when necessary.
Finally, cross training your employees can provide slack for your team members.
Exodus 14:14 says, “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Your team needs the ability to be still and to rest. This requires that you build slack into your system.
