Eliminate Waste, Boost Employee Engagement, and Stop Multitasking

HELLO! HERE ARE SOME THINGS I'VE LEARNED IN THE LAST MONTH THAT I BELIEVE WILL HELP YOUR BUSINESS:

Waste is a Crime — Jeff Sutherland (co-inventor of Scrum) and author of Scrum: How to Do Twice the Work in Half the Time states he typically sees about 85% of the effort in most companies produces nothing of value. Daily, weekly, and monthly rhythms and time-bound sprints that keep small teams focused are Jeff's antidote to this. Make sure your team has built these rhythms into the DNA of your organization using a proven execution framework or equivalent.

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Companies with more engaged employees dramatically increase revenue per employee. McKinsey and Co's 2024 and Beyond report reveals that a company at the median of revenue per employee is 95% higher than one ranked in the 26th percentile. Improved employee engagement leads to improved employee productivity and to dramatically improved revenue per employee.

AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE

I hurt my leg skydiving in mid-July and have been grounded for a few weeks, so I've been reading voraciously. One of the books I'm reading is Scrum: How to Do Twice the Work in Half the Time, in which the author addresses the fallacy of multitasking. Based on extensive research by Gerald Weinberg, attempting to focus on more than one task at a time significantly extends the time needed to complete all tasks. It turns out that people who say they are good at multitasking have very short attention spans and like to multitask. They are not good at it.

If any of this resonates, feel free to reach out.