Meetings could be the most productive part of your day, as well as the least productive. The C-suite typically spends around 72% of the time in meetings. You can reduce your meeting time by 94% applying SMED.
It’s in times of crisis when companies and CFO’s are focused on reducing waste and unneeded costs, but it’s also when they lack the time or the resources to even start. The 5S method helps to initiate the change from the bottom-up.
Especially if remote work starts to be the standard, organizations are expected to become more agile. Therefore, leaders need to increase their facilitation skills to enable team self-organization.
Covid-19 has caused an economic crisis. According to a Mckinsey study, more than 20.5 million jobs have been lost in the United States since the start of the pandemic. In some cases, however, a crisis can present new opportunities. Design thinking can help you develop a disruption mindset.
CFO’s: If you want to save money this year, engage your employees through AI. Some $300 billion is the annual cost of unhappy employees.
After more than two months working remotely, going back to normal is still uncertain. How can productivity and engagement be improved?
These days we are all watching videos on how to’s from yoga and salsa classes to make your face mask. We all had to learn to adapt to a new circumstance. Changing is not easy and makes us feel anxious. That is why increasing your self-control can help you.
5S looks like a simple housekeeping tool, but it is truly powerful, especially now you can use 5s to reduce exposure risk to covid-19. It helps people to become more disciplined, aware of safety precautions, focusing on what is important, and respectful for others.
March 8th, International Women’s Day is a global celebration to engage companies throughout the world in conversations around diversity, equality and inclusion. Learn how companies are performing better while becoming more diverse.
To build the first self-organizing team that embraces the “we” culture, leadership must define the main rules of the road—that is, the framework. To start, there are seven deliverables (7R’s) the company must define. Read more on the cover story on Quality Progress