Tag: workflow
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Process > technology
I’m sitting in my new home office on March 16, 2020. Two days ago most of the District of Columbia was told to begin full time work from home and I unable to get into anything work related on my computer. For the next two weeks my office of 17 will fight with tens of thousands…
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As a small business owner…
I started a business! I very briefly looked into starting a brewery way back when, but quickly learned that I enjoyed making beer much more than selling. Then I discovered you can buy beer at the store! I put entrepreneurship out of my mind until I was retiring for five minutes last winter. Though stressful, the experience taught…
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On Running an Office Like a Factory – Cal Newport
I was recently browsing the archives of the MIT Sloan Management Review (as one does), when I came across a fascinating article from the Fall 2018 issue titled “Breaking Logjams in Knowledge Work.” The piece starts with a blunt observation: “If you work in an organization, you know what it’s like to have too much… On…
Patience and Humility 