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5 Tips for Dealing with Meeting Overload
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Cindy Solomon | The way we work Could this meeting have been an email? The phenomenon of “calendar creep,” where meetings completely take over your work days, is wasting time, energy and productivity — but you can take back control. Leadership expert Cindy Solomon shares her five tips for clearing up your schedule and getting…
Want to Make a Process Improvement Plan Stick? Focus on the People.
So many process improvement plans are dead on arrival. It’s almost like online dating; companies spend millions developing the perfect picture and profile, and yet when the plan meets the actual process, both sides are disappointed. What happens? People happen. Processes don’t change by themselves; the people at every step in the process need to…
Supply Chain Disruptions, Trade Costs, and Labor Markets
Global supply chain disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic have increased the costs of trade between countries. Given the interconnectedness of the U.S. economy with the rest of the world, higher trade costs can have important impacts on U.S. labor markets. A model of the U.S. economy that incorporates variation in industry concentrations across regions…
The car that parks itself
The Economist reports that according to Google, cars that need no driver are just around the corner. But Google does not make cars (yet), so it will be up to firms that do to bring the technology to the market. And with carmakers being a conservative bunch, the autonomous car is to arrive slowly and…
What is supply chain inflation and why is it driving up consumer prices now?
The interconnectedness of global supply chains means that when one price goes up, others tend to follow. Increases in labour, energy and transport costs are contributing to inflation around the world, posing difficult policy challenges. Back when we could travel easily, a regular announcement at airports all over the world was: ‘The airline would like…
The Tussle for Talent
Today, the world’s best companies dedicate large amounts of time and resources to finding and keeping “the vital few”, that is, those who do currently / are predicted to account for much of the progress made by a company or organisation. Deloitte and other consultancies have noticed that companies are now trying harder than ever…