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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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How to Be More Productive Without Burning Out

Harvard Business

According to a 2008 survey , the vast majority of professionals (94%) worked 50 hours or more a week, and almost half worked more than 65 hours a week. Intrigued by the possibility of a way out of the burnout cycle, a coworker (Colin) and I started meeting every other week to discuss productivity. Define a metric. Start there.

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Establishment Survey +173K Jobs, Private Jobs +140,000; Unemployment Rate 5.1%

MishTalk

Initial Reaction The establishment survey came in a weaker than expected 173,000 job. percent which is below the low end estimate and the lowest of the recovery, since April 2008. to 5.1% - Household Survey U-6 unemployment: -0.1 to 5.1% - Household Survey U-6 unemployment: -0.1 The unemployment rate fell 2 tenths to 5.1

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Risk Exposure vs. “Good” Outcomes

CaseInterview.com

The latter happened in 2008 (the cause of the Great Recession and stock market crash). The layperson thinks 2008 was a “bad” year. A person who has a more sophisticated and nuanced understanding of risk understands the risk EXPOSURES in 2007 and 2008 were not all that different. In both years, the risk exposure was excessive.

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How to Work Together When You Don’t Agree

Organizational Talent Consulting

The cost of unproductive conflict The distinction between productive and unproductive conflict lies in the importance of the issue and the amount of energy you put into it. Productive conflict is the open exchange of conflicting or differing ideas. Non-productive conflict is an exchange of conflicting or differing ideas.

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Your New Hit Product Might Be Underpriced

Harvard Business

The odds are stacked against new products or services. We have diagnosed thousands of product failures over the last 30 years, and have found recurring patterns. Often new products are over-engineered with too many features, usually at too high a price. The problem with wildly successful products. How could they not have?

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272000 Full-Time Jobs Lost - Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis

MishTalk

Establishment Survey Jobs +195K; Household Survey +160K; Part-Time Jobs +432,000; 272,000 Full-Time Jobs Lost. The establishment survey showed a gain of 195,000 and that is a very respectable number. However, the household survey shows a more modest gain of 160,000 jobs. Payrolls +195,000 - Establishment Survey.

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