Video has a valuable place in the documentation of systems.

But video documenting also has limitations that you should be aware of!

Changes to videos are difficult to make. Making text changes to systems is a LOT easier.

Document what is being done now with video then optimise systems using words.

It was just not possible to work out how to build the X-Wing without the instructions.

The analogy is that if businesses have their systems and procedures documented - everything becomes more straightforward.

This experience showed just how slow and difficult it was to try and achieve a set outcome without the instructions.

Fixing a pothole is much easier in the short term. But every time it rains you have to fix it again.

Repairing the road is slow and difficult. But once it is done, it lasts a long time!

As your business grows, repairing potholes becomes ever more frequent until you just can’t keep up anymore. This is bad for you and your business. You must learn how to fix the road properly!

Easy conditions may allow what looks like success to occur.

Difficult conditions will expose errors.

Regression back to easier conditions may be required to get the proper techniques in place for challenging situations.

How things function is a result of how they are structured.

If your procedures are not written down, then the consistency of the business will be weak.

It can be very difficult for a business that grows without documenting its procedures.

Warning signs are often there before a poor outcome occurs!

Habits are automated systems for humans.

Not acting from a habit must be from a significant disruption to the routine.

Changing a system will cause a change in the outcome.

The target of a business is to put money in the owners pocket without them working. 

If they have to work at all in the business, then they have a job.

Paying for work to be done by other people or other companies must be done if the business is to run without the owner working.

Video is a powerful tool for documenting existing systems.

You may have created an elegant system, but it is useless if it does not solve the right problem.