[Verse 1]
Sarah's drowning in procedures, seventeen steps to approve one purchase
Every signature needs approval, bureaucracy's deadly purpose
But before the software rescue, before the automation gleams
Strip away what doesn't matter, question everything you've seen
[Chorus]
Simplify first, then digitize
Cut the fat before you optimize
Value adds, control just slows
Waste does nothing, let it go
Blank sheet test - what would remain?
If you built this once again
[Verse 2]
Value stream like breadcrumbs scattered, trace each action through the maze
Does this step serve customers? Or just fill up empty days?
Control steps breed more control steps, safety theater takes the stage
While real value hides in corners, locked inside a paper cage
[Chorus]
Simplify first, then digitize
Cut the fat before you optimize
Value adds, control just slows
Waste does nothing, let it go
Blank sheet test - what would remain?
If you built this once again
[Bridge]
Map it out in sticky notes
Where time dies and progress floats
Three buckets sort your pain
Value, control, or purely vain
Fresh eyes on ancient ways
Torch the sacred, count the days
[Verse 3]
If aliens observed your process, would they scratch their purple heads?
"Why do humans make things harder than they need to make their bread?"
Every handoff kills momentum, every approval breaks the spell
Design for speed, not for comfort, make the good stuff visible
[Chorus]
Simplify first, then digitize
Cut the fat before you optimize
Value adds, control just slows
Waste does nothing, let it go
Blank sheet test - what would remain?
If you built this once again
[Outro]
Before aligned systems sing
First align the way you think
Strip, then build, not build then strip
Take the counterintuitive trip