Harvard Business

APRIL 11, 2018

It’s hard to know if we’re really making efficient use of our time. But are we spending our time on the right things? Inspired by a colleague, the time management expert Laura Vanderkam , I decided to spend the month of February tracking exactly how I spent my time, down to half-hour increments.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Today, I want to introduce you to (or perhaps remind you of) the concept of the minimum efficient scale. For example, Amazon is able to process and deliver its customers’ orders very efficiently because of its “scale.”. The concept of “minimum efficient scale” is less well known and is a less-used term. Minimum efficient scale.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 16, 2018

For the longer term gain, you need to analyze the time tracking data and adjust behaviors to improve efficiency. Their greater focus and attention is an immediate benefit. The Bottom Line.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 12, 2016

We used data from thousands of law offices on how much partners make, how many associates work with them, and how much those associates and other staff cost the firm in salary and benefits. We combined this data with an economic model to estimate how much lawyers benefit when they work with associates.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 25, 2018

Unfortunately, managers typically have very limited visibility into what their own behaviors may be signaling to their team and how the team might be reacting. We’ve used this technology to study the behaviors of tens of thousands of managers in several large companies and found some consistent patterns. Working After Hours.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Here are a few techniques I suggest to help them shrink the amount of time they spend on grunt work, while still getting it done: Impose constraints: If an employee is filling her days with low-level tasks that could be completed in much less time, impose a time constraint. Morning email needs to be answered by 10am.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 14, 2021

The organization lives with many delays when the managers choose a shared services model. That's because the managers think resource efficiency works. They don't realize how much more effective flow efficiency is.). They're wasting time, which costs much more than the salary costs.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2017

It’s all about data these days. To better understand what A/B testing is, where it originated, and how to use it, I spoke with Kaiser Fung, who founded the applied analytics program at Columbia University and is author of Junk Charts , a blog devoted to the critical examination of data and graphics in the mass media.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Much of the current thinking about new service-delivery models is based on the notion that cost and efficiency of care delivery can be enhanced by directing more patients to primary care. Just imagine the operational demand if primary care providers also had to actively monitor their patients’ health data between office visits.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

By reviewing expert analyses of the disaster and analyzing data from AF447’s cockpit and flight data recorders, we found that AF447, and commercial aviation more generally, reveal how automation may have unanticipated, catastrophic consequences that, while unlikely, can emerge in extreme conditions.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

This game evaluates the candidate’s ability to solve problems efficiently and think critically. The second is a strategy + adapting to new data mini-game. Time management is certainly a factor. Some candidates finish early, while others don’t complete it in time. The first is a constrained optimization mini-game.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The first step was collecting data. Before beginning my experiments, I tracked my daily behavior to better understand where my time and energy was going, which gave me insight into what I could change to produce more satisfying deep work. I noticed that I’d be finished scrolling within 20 minutes, or 30 minutes on a long day.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2016

For most people, the goal is to adopt the smallest number of tools necessary to work efficiently. That’s why my friends and colleagues often ask me which technologies I regard as must-haves: the tools and tactics that will make a big impact on their productivity without spending a lot of time or money getting up and running.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

She gave me the data I needed to complete the task, and the world didn’t fall apart when she left at 6 p.m. Teams worked together to create a shared goal around each person having time off, with team members covering for the person who elected to spend with family, go to a movie or whatever.

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