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Little’s Law for Any Kind of Product Development: How to Learn How Long Your Work Will Take

Johanna Rothman

In contrast, Team 2 started “this” project back in 2018, almost four years ago. I'm also a fan of working in flow efficiency , so the team can finish more features faster. In addition, when managers reward flow efficiency, people tend to collaborate more, not just cooperate. Personal WIP. Are you multitasking?

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Impact of Data Analytics in Consulting

Tom Spencer

Finding valuable insights: Structured and unstructured data sources can uncover patterns and relationships that reveal customer needs, expose system vulnerabilities and improve productivity and performance. Tailoring products to individual needs: Big data allows an organisation to narrowly segment customers.

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Does Your Team Hoard Information?

Harmonious Workplaces

They may also miss key data points to drive productive ideas. Increased Efficiency and Productivity: Knowledge sharing helps avoid duplication of effort and allows for more efficient processes. However, exercise caution because LMX can tend toward exclusivity. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 38 (4), 558–591.

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How Amazon’s Higher Wages Could Increase Productivity

Harvard Business

But thinking only about the costs involved in raising wages misses a key issue: pay hikes can also boost workplace productivity. In our own research, we’ve explored the impact that minimum wages can have on businesses, as well as the ways in which higher wages can motivate employees and spur productivity.

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Agile Transformation: See Your System and Culture, Part 3

Johanna Rothman

You can start with teams, move to programs and the product part of the organization. The system rewards resource efficiency instead of flow efficiency. That action reinforces solo work as experts, more resource efficiency, not flow efficiency or collaboration. The super-early bird registration ends Mar 1, 2018.

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The Fight of The Two R’s: Robots v Redundancy

Tom Spencer

While robots were predicted and have led to significant productivity gains, there are at the same time a number of drawbacks (Taylor, 2019). This begs the question, why do we favour productivity and efficiency if the new technology is simultaneously kicking workers out of jobs and diminishing the user experience? Image: Pexels.

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Holiday Human-Capital Culling Could Cost

Harmonious Workplaces

Everywhere you look online during the 2023 holiday season, you’ll see three things: A ridiculous amount of ads for products you don’t need or want… but might buy anyway. Delaying hiring or RIFs (reduction in force) means existing staff may be overburdened, which can lead to burnout, decreased productivity, and attrition in the new year.