Whether in our work or personal lives, whether for an individual endeavor or to benefit an entire organization or whether collectively or subconsciously, we’ve all asked the question: What is the best approach to getting the best result? By scientific method or from years, and even decades, of experience, a host of information exists across a range of disciplines and industries offering analysis and results of asking this very question. Today, this information is commonly referred to as a best practice, “a method or technique that has been generally accepted as superior to any alternatives because it produces results that are superior to those achieved by other means or because it has become a standard way of doing things.”
Also consider that many endeavors are so seemingly intricate and complex as to thwart any one, consistent approach. Take the game of football as an example, where any strategy, whether offensive, defensive, or special teams, faces an ever-changing array of players, formations, and plays. The game has been played professionally for almost a century, has witnessed thousands of games, and evolved so frequently that no one strategy has ever “beaten the game.” That has not dampened the pursuit by many to find and employ the best approach to winning the game. And the same is true of many other ventures.