book review
Summary
- Ideas on how to increase productivity in organizations
How I discovered it
- Good reads recommendation
How the book changed me
- I loved this book. I have heard many of the concepts before in a variety of places, but this is probably the most succint and simplest way I have heard it explained. It also helped me crystalise some of these ideas, or understand why they are so effective.
Details
- Great communication is an easy way to improve business efficiency
- Create a wiki or knowlege base for your organization
- Being in flow leads to being five times more productive
- Optimize for speed of retrieval rather than speed of transfer
- Inbox Zero is different from unread zero
- Have an efficiency consultant on a regular basis
- Internal communication platforms are better than email
- Anything that is done more than once could be automated or documented
- Role rotate regularly to improve documentation and resilience
- People who document their processes and make themselves replaceable are valuable and should be given greater responsibility