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Send Word-, or Powerpoint-documents if you want others to edit. If not, PDF-files are smaller and easier to read.
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Good craftspeople use good tools. So should your team.
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Neither you nor anyone else needs to have all the answers. What you do need is a willingness to experiment.
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Use the email’s subject line to explain what you are asking, and how long it will take.
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Ask: “What is getting in the way of our doing work we are proud of?” Work towards eliminating complexity at work.
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Ask your team, “What is the smallest problem we have?” to get into a habit of improvement.
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Use a structured conversation, such as the A3-problem solving method, or Toyota Kata-questions, to increase your team’s ability to improve.
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And so is everyone else. Relax!
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Ask for everyone’s 50% time estimate, pool up the safety buffer at the end, and keep everyone informed of when their turn is approaching for better projects.
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YYYY-MM-DD. Do it. Just do it.
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Set aside time for thinking, for walking in nature, for taking the balcony view of your business.
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For each major decision, be clear on who are the Deciders, Advisors, Recommenders and Executors.
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Say the opposite of your current strategy out loud. If it sounds stupid it’s probably not a strategy.
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Get familiar with Excel and consider learning R or Python/Pandas to gain a firsthand understanding of data and facts.
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Maximize communication and empowerment by saying “I intend to” before you act.
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Just because you’re invited to a meeting doesn’t mean you have to attend. Take care of your time, because no one else will take care of it for you.
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Ask, “What is something you know about the problem that would add to our shared knowledge?”
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The action: Imagine that at the start of the meeting, you are given three poker chips. Every time you speak, you place a chip on the table. Not until everyone has played their three chips do you get to pick up your chips and speak again. The goal: Encourage a wider distribution of voices in…
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The action: Meetings on Mondays often leads to preparations during the weekend. Everyone is better off without. That’s pretty much it. Read more:
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