Productivity and operations

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A Productive Week Doesn't Feel Busy Members Public

Friday afternoon arrives and the week was intense: meetings, emails, calls, requests handled. And yet, when you close the laptop, an uncomfortable question remains: what actually moved forward?

Jonathan Canales
Productivity and operations
What are operations and why being a good operator accelerates your career

What are operations and why being a good operator accelerates your career Members Public

There's a person in your company whose absence is felt immediately. When they're on vacation, deliveries slip, questions go unanswered, and small problems turn into meetings. When they return, order quietly comes back, and nobody can quite explain what they did.

Jonathan Canales
Productivity and operations
How to measure and improve your productivity (without lying to yourself)

How to measure and improve your productivity (without lying to yourself) Members Public

If you answered 40 emails today, sat through five meetings and closed your laptop at 8 PM, were you productive? Most people would say yes, because the day was exhausting. But exhaustion and productivity are not the same thing.

Jonathan Canales
Productivity and operations