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Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze: Business Efficiency: Part 2 of 2

About this episode:

“Work smarter, not harder”, they say – but what does that mean exactly? Especially in growing businesses, leaders know what they know, but don't know what they don’t know…

This episode aims to provide new perspectives on how to incorporate greater efficiencies into your operations and processes so that your growth will be smoother – and faster.

Part 1

Part 2

Questions Asked

• Is there a way to actually get ahead of the endless decisions and action items? (01:04)

• Will AI solve all our inefficiencies at work? (10:47)

• Preparing for (inevitable) business disruption (14:17)

• Do efficiencies create complacency? How often should systems and processes be reviewed? (16:61)

• How can we measure the level of trust (21:25)

• Businesses experience inefficiencies when their leaders clash. Should leaders or partners hire for personality fit to avoid classes and increase efficiency? (23:35)

• Is there an alternative system to 4DX to consider? (00:29)

• When corporate won't change but you want to do something new in your division (04:33)

• How can leaders identify inefficiencies? Is it "their job", or their teams, or does the team have to be coached to have the right mentality? (09:07)

• Identifying inefficiencies through project postmortem (12:54)

• How does organizational size impact efficiencies? (17:01)

• Can a corporate retreat solve the problem of inefficiencies? (21:46)

• Why don't we see more organizational leaders asking about efficiency? Is this a blind spot? (24:11)

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