“Indispensability:  The fact that someone or something is so good or important that you could not manage without him… her… or it.”
(Cambridge Dictionary)

Indispensability is a topic that I have considered many times as an important focus for my TRIPLE III TIME blog. Why? Mostly because I think I want/need to pass along the message of how “replaceable” we all are.

Times… products… services… situations all are facing more constant change than ever before.  And are we all ready, willing and able to change at a high rate… maybe?!

Also it is critical to recognize and understand who and/or what determines your Indispensability? You may believe that an organization can not progress and “live without you”. However, at no time can or should you consider yourself immune from job cuts, techno-replacement, AI advancements or customer priorities!

During my Director days, I tried to convey a leadership message that encouraged an Indispensability goal. That if we followed a consistent operational style of innovation and retained a personality of specialness in our area of work… that we would remain indispensable. In addition, we discussed the service principle that even when times were good and we could take a “slow-down-break”… that no matter our status…NOW was the time we needed to improve and be creative even better than before!

Bottomline: If you truly adopt a goal of attaining Indispensability in your world of service or product provision… be as innovative and operationally special as you can. Progressively convince all that work with you to adopt similar goals. And understand that “perfect” Indispensability does not exist… but it sure can be fun if you pursue it EVERYDAY!