# Is streamlining bad for workplace culture?

- **Episode:** [147](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/episodes/147.md) (2024-11-21)
- **Type:** interview
- **Tags:** streamlining, workplace-culture, efficiency
- **Time:** 24:31–26:39 (start 1471s)
- **Listen:** [https://truthliesandwork.com/147?t=1471](https://truthliesandwork.com/147?t=1471)

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[24:31] Garrett Delph: No, emphatically no. Streamlining, I think actually a good, you know, a good resurrection of the term we talked about earlier, is really about load balancing resources for strength and maximize speed without causing speed wobbles, without overloading. You know, if, if our computer is designed to use 8 gigs of RAM, then, you know, those 8 gigs should be used efficiently, but not in a way that overheats the computer, right? So the idea in streamlining is not to overload people, it's to do the exact opposite, is to give them less than pressure, less demand than they can handle so that in everything they do, they feel strong and healthy. And when you feel strong and healthy, you have some cultural benefits and some human benefits. Your happiness goes up, your stress goes down. You know, one thing I've learned over the years that I hope I'll be able to pass along to other entrepreneurs is Keep in mind, when you pay people, if your operational culture is such that you overload them and overwork them, but you do it in exchange for pay, first of all, you're harming your own business. But second of all, you're paying them to take that stress home into their personal life. And I think that is a bad thing. I think that's a bad human thing. And I think it's really bad for business. And so going back to the question about streamlining, streamlining is to actually restore health and bring strength, not just to maximize profits and get the most out of people as you can
[26:31] Al Elliott: I have written down here 2 words, P3 and relay. Is this related in any way or have I misunderstood what's going on with those 2 things?