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To Get More Done, Focus on Environment, Expectations, and Examples

Harvard Business

In 2008, I was designing advertising products at Google. They needed a designer, and he thought the project was a good way for me to try my hand at a consumer-facing product. They needed a designer, and he thought the project was a good way for me to try my hand at a consumer-facing product. JUSTIN TALLIS/Getty Images.

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Collaboration Overload Is a Symptom of a Deeper Organizational Problem

Harvard Business

Attempts to liberate unproductive time by employing new tools (for example, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Box) or imposing new guidelines and meeting disciplines will prove fruitless unless steps are taken to deal with the underlying organizational illness. As companies grow, they naturally add new dimensions to their organizations.

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