Slash Costs: Rebuild Business Functions, Cut Indirect Spending! #shorts
In this concise YouTube short, Bill Canady advises leaders on how to begin cutting indirect costs without waiting for a full transformation program. He recommends identifying the three largest indirect cost pools—typically customer service, engineering support, finance/reporting, IT, or planning—then meeting each function’s leader individually. The core question posed to each leader is: “If we rebuilt this function today for the business we actually have now, would we build it the same way?” After asking, the facilitator should remain silent for about 11 seconds, allowing the leader to wrestle with the implication. This brief reflective pause is presented as a powerful catalyst for recognizing unnecessary legacy processes and initiating cost‑reduction thinking.
