Best practices for sorting intake material - Ecopreneur Club with Liz Jenkins, CEO of afreshspace

Having been in the professional organising industry for over 20 years, Liz Jenkins, CEO of afreshspace, shares with us her take on the sorting process. When you're faced with a lot of intake material, what is the best way not to get intimidated?

Liz also talks about the importance of having effective business systems in place in order to scale and grow a business - and how as an entrepreneur, it's easy to get into the trap of not documenting your processes because “all the information’s in my mind”. Once you try to hand over daily operations to your team, that's when things can start to fall apart - as everyone keeps coming back to you to find out what they're supposed to do. What systems can you set up to give your team the power and autonomy to do the work they're supposed to do? 

We wrap up the podcast with a forward looking lens, discussing what kind of materials our teams might be sorting in 10 years that do not exist today; as technology grows faster and becomes embedded in everything we own, from our clothes to our furniture. Liz shares parting advice for entrepreneurs, encouraging them not to downplay their successes but instead to celebrate it throughout their entrepreneurial journey. 

-- Contents of this video --

0:00 Introduction
0:28 Best practices for sorting intake material
7:02 Why is it important to have effective business systems?
14:31 What kind of materials will we be sorting in 10 years?
21:26 Love good money
25:09 Parting advice for entrepreneurs