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It’s Not “Time Management.” It’s Lean.

Markovitz Consulting

In the space of two weeks, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal both ran articles on the productivity benefits of reduced work hours. Not to be outdone, NPR reported that Microsoft Japan moved to a four-day workweek this summer while increasing productivity by 40%. There’s certainly some truth to that argument.

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Consultant Ninja: The Beach time is the Right Time.: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Tuesday, November 11, 2008. The Beach time is the Right Time. Tuesday, November 11, 2008. Productivity. (6). Management Consulting.

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Consultant Ninja: Dilbert Slays, one day at a time: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Dilbert Slays, one day at a time. Productivity. (6). Management Consulting. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Consultant Ninja. Wednesday, May 20, 2009. at 8:13 PM.

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Consultant Ninja: Signs of Crunch Time: Management Consulting Blog

Consultant Ninja

Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Signs of Crunch Time. priorities: work, call wife, sleep, eat, in decreasing order] Project Manager irritability rising. Productivity. (6). Management Consulting.

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Stop Doing Low-Value Work

Harvard Business

In the past, time management experts would recommend that you divide up your work into A tasks, B tasks, and C tasks. Doing all aspects of a job seemed possible then, if you just followed some basic time management rules. Between January 2008 and February 2010, 8.8 How to Boost Your Team’s Productivity.

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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. For the first time in my young career, I was going to lots of meetings, and my job had become as much about convincing, cajoling, and coordinating as it was about designing. My manager told me about a team that was working on the Google Help Forum. Environment.