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Is Stress Killing Productivity? Here's How Leaders Improve Efficiency & Wellbeing

Organizational Talent Consulting

The following short NPR video discusses how emotions are contagious. The following short video explains some of the science behind why gratitude matters. Take the following six-question survey to determine and benchmark your likelihood of experiencing gratitude. Consider the negative emotion of envy.

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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

The proven benefits of innovation include: increased competitive advantage improved operational productivity reduced costs and increased revenue improved commercial value enhanced problem-solving One modern innovation that is impressive to watch is SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 (watch the video below). This culture highlights coming in first.

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From Case Interview Mistakes to Bain Offer

CaseInterview.com

After much soul searching I discovered your website and watched your videos and downloaded LOMS. Similarly, if something seemed obvious, I wouldn't explain how I came to - I wrongly assumed that this wasn't necessary and was not an efficient use of time. Watching your videos changed my view on this for the better!

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Five Ways to Spur Lean in the Office

Markovitz Consulting

If meeting takt time is not an issue—for example, in closing the books at the end of the month— then measure and benchmark the time it takes to perform those tasks and challenge the team to figure out how to do them faster. Workers will often video the other person doing the work so that they can review it together afterwards.)

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The Greatest Barriers to Growth, According to Executives

Harvard Business

The pattern holds true for some of the most studied cases of sudden business declines, like Nokia losing out to Apple or Sony getting out maneuvered in video cameras by GoPro. Speed is measurable and can be benchmarked. Vague attacks on bureaucracy are not precise enough to renew a company efficiently.

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