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Productivity is Efficiency x Effectiveness

Posted in Book Recomendation, Business, Personal Productivity on April 29, 2016| 1 Comment »

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Book Rec: The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker

Productivity

The Effective Executive stands as a simple strong lighthouse guiding us away from cheap productivity hacks, time squandering multi-tasking, and good projects that are the enemy of great projects.

Here is a work problem for you to chew on:

Productivity = Effectiveness x Efficiency

This book is helpful because, it clearly describes that of those two inputs, effectiveness is far more important. 

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Are you missing out on the power of checklists?

Posted in Business Stories, How To, Personal Productivity, tagged , , , , , , on October 24, 2014| 1 Comment »

Are you missing out on the power of checklists?

Book Recommendation:

“The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right.” by Atul Gawande

 

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  • Who would benefit from reading this book?

    If you want to improve the stability of a process you manage.

 

  • What could you get out of this book?

    Understanding of how a checklist is different from a “to do” list.

    How to build a checklist for yourself, and gain adoption in an organization.

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