Elon Musk Five Step Improvement Process

Elon's five-step process:

1) Question the requirements
2) Remove unnecessary process steps
3) Optimize
4) Accelerate
5) Automate

Clips taken from then cleaned up the audio and video from Everyday Astronaut.

[johncarton]

If you're not occasionally adding things back in, you're not deleting enough. Great concept.

[fefefefefee]

Question -> Delete -> Simplify -> Accelerate -> Automate

[jmfs]

I work with an OCPD manager and his first step is "Say yes to anything". Step Two is "Hurry". Step Three is "Ignore the original request". Step Four is "Overcomplicate". Step Five is "Blame everyone but himself". It's awesome.

[elsenored]

¹0:28 Question the requirements
²0:42 Remove unnecessary process steps
³0:59 Optimize
⁴1:07 Accelerate time-to-learning
⁵1:16 Automate

[trf]

Hands down the best engineering advice ever given!!! Best addition was admitting having it done wrong himself on several occasions.

[cheesehamm]

So awesome this video, to the point, short and no crappy motivational background music! Thanks for that!

[shaggyfeng]

The last part is GOLD!!! I did that too many times in my life. This is actually a very impactful video for me.

[heronoverdose]

This is great simple advice: I never realised how frustrating and out right bad my projects, teams or even jobs were until I started pushing back on things.

[Fujtajblus]

Now all the highschool kids will go and try to apply this at school, failing misserably because they do not have the mental capacity and life experience to know in what areas of life to apply this.

[tqxx]

1. Question: Begin by asking questions about the task or project to gain clarity.
2. Simplify: Identify and remove any unnecessary complexities or steps.
3. Optimize: Make improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
4. Speed Up: Find ways to complete the task faster without sacrificing quality.
5. Automate: Consider automation to streamline the process.
6. Continuous Improvement: Keep refining and evolving the task over time.

[punnaroothsrimongkolsilp]

Do you want to see "Tony Stark" in real life? This is the man, Elon Musk.

[nsipid]

1. Be convinced a thing should exist.
2. Trim fat and keep what is, without a doubt, “necessary” (experiment with taking away then adding back in and f e e l if it is necessary. If it isn’t, toss it.)
3. Simplify further (extra fat cutting).
4. Full steam ahead at maximum speed.
5. Automate (have the thing automatically working without you being there).

[Solidarity]

This is great advice. I tend to not question the requirements and make mistakes as a result.

[ngacni]

Man is relaxed when being in his field of work. Funny that we dont see him when he is actually working.

[mattyfatstaxs]

Woww! This is life changing content. Thank you!!

[HustlingFreedom]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:

00:00 🧠 Question requirements: Avoid optimizing unnecessary things due to mental constraints from education.
00:28 🚫 Delete or simplify: Remove unnecessary parts or processes; periodically add back only essential elements.
00:56 ✂️ Simplify and optimize: Streamline and improve existing processes or requirements.
01:09 ⏩ Accelerate cycle time: Increase speed after addressing previous steps; avoid premature acceleration.
01:24 🤖 Automate cautiously: Final step after optimizing, accelerating, and simplifying; avoid reversing the process.

[softwaremediaguru]

I like what he said, this concept apply to many things we do, not just in engineering. Sometimes we like rush things because we are impatient, we want to make money immediately or try fix problem as soon as possible without trying to analyse the situation first.

[energyeve]

Thank you so much for sharing! Nice and concise ^_^

[EricJohnsa]

This is an excellent bit of advice from my favorite genius.

[livinthefilm]

Actually very good advice for an engineer.