by Brandi Olson | Aug 9, 2022 | Productivity, Teams
The Cultural Illusion That’s Keeping Your Organization Inefficient During a recent live podcast discussion, my client had a confession for me: Her organization was in the process of shifting to a 4-day work week and the mood of the team wasn’t what she was...
by Brandi Olson | Nov 3, 2020 | Planning & Strategy, Productivity
Prioritize Your Change Capital Investment I’ll give you a quick example of how I saw this play out for an organization that I’ve been working with for the last year. This is a data analytics firm, and they had been planning on doing a big organizational...
by Brandi Olson | Nov 3, 2020 | Leadership, Productivity
What Is Your Baton? I love track and field events. I am captivated by the speed, strategy, and in the case of the relay races, by the collaboration required to pass a baton at record speeds. But, watching the 4×400 relay race at the 2016 Olympic Games, I couldn’t...
by Brandi Olson | Oct 13, 2020 | Planning & Strategy, Productivity, Teams
When Responding to Change, Start Here. It seems simple. But don’t underestimate how powerful it is to get the right people in the right conversation at the same time. When everything is moving fast, you forget the simple practices that make it easier to lead. If you...
by Brandi Olson | Oct 13, 2020 | Productivity
When Your Brain Is Overloaded You know that feeling that comes when you are in back to back meetings all day long. Somewhere between meeting number three and seventy three, your brain starts to hurt. It’s real. And it makes it harder to listen, make meaning, and...
