Axios: “Simplify”: Killing worplace bloat

 “Simplify”: Killing workplace bloat
 
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Our bestseller “Smart Brevity” gave companies a common language and skill set to simplify communications. A week from today, Jim, Roy, and I will be out with “

Simplify: Do 50% More with 50% Less,” which gives you tools to kill complexity so you can be happier and more productive.

Why it matters: We’re hearing from lots of overwhelmed leaders trying to simplify how their organizations operate. But it’s hard to get everyone aligned to make it happen. And AI turns out to be a massive complexity-generation machine, drowning us in decks and dashboards.

Your solution: “Simplify.”

Case in point: Roy ran across a podcast featuring psychologist Ron Friedman, author of “Superteams,” who has studied how to cut through the bloat of meetings and messages to give you more time for work that matters. Among his findings that match the “Simplify” mindset:

The average office worker spends 18 hours a week in meetings and 11 hours digging through messages. That’s 73% of the week — leaving just over one day a week for real work.

High-performing organizations ruthlessly cut back on standing meetings, stand-ups and check-ins. “Meetings are a last resort, not a default,” he says.

Friedman recommends meeting-free days, when no one is expected to respond to in-the-moment messages. He calls these “Get Things Done Days.”

Want more productivity power tools? “Simplify” will help you, and everyone in your company, do the right work … not more work.Preorder “Simplify.”
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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