Value VS Hyperconsumerism
Doing Less but Better
When did more become the only definition of value?
To a board of directors, far removed from the realities on the ground, “value” often boils down to one thing: bigger profit margins every quarter.
At what cost?
But here’s the problem—when hyper-consumption becomes the standard for value, we start measuring success in all the wrong ways. We push for more production, more sales, more everything… without asking: at what cost?
And the cost:
- More waste.
- More burnout.
- More harm to the very communities and environment that keep our businesses alive.
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” — Peter Drucker
It’s time to rewrite the equation. The question isn’t: “How can we do more?” Because, could we ever consume our way to happiness?
This narrative is outdated, and frankly quite exhausting. It’s a relic of a 1970s business philosophy that prioritized shareholder value above everyone else. Companies end up churning out more stuff than the consumer knows what to do with.
The real question is: How can we do less… but better?
It’s thinking like Patagonia, which isn’t chasing every trend but building quality that lasts. They aren’t broke yet, so they’re doing something right. Pal’s Sudden Service runs a tight menu with ruthless focus on consistency and stores concentrated in the Tri-Cities, Tennessee region. And the lines are long out of the driveway.
The world doesn’t need more. It needs meaningful.
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Jane Clark, Co-Founder & CEO
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