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The Collaborative Worker is the Most Valuable Asset of the 21st Century Company: Why Knowledge Was Never Enough

The Collaborative Worker is the Most Valuable Asset of the 21st Century Company: Why Knowledge Was Never Enough

by Brandi Olson | Leadership, Teams

The Collaborative Worker is the Most Valuable Asset of the 21st Century Company: Why Knowledge Was Never Enough “This will never work!” That is what the executive sponsor told me when I suggested creating dedicated cross-disciplinary teams that spanned across...
Best practices are dead. Long live better practices.

Best practices are dead. Long live better practices.

by Brandi Olson | Leadership, Planning & Strategy, Teams

Best practices are dead. Long live better practices. I used to be in love with the idea that there is a best way to do something. Perhaps you love that idea too? I’ll be honest, I find deep comfort in the concept of best — the best deal, the right answer, the perfect...
Reframing Your Midday Lull in Productivity Is Actually the Key to a Better Work Day

Reframing Your Midday Lull in Productivity Is Actually the Key to a Better Work Day

by Brandi Olson | Leadership, Productivity, Teams

Reframing Your Midday Lull in Productivity Is Actually the Key to a Better Work Day It’s the middle of the day and you’ve already been in a few meetings and crushed the first part of your to-do list. You feel a yawn coming on and immediately leap from your desk. Up...
4 Ways to Cultivate Human-Centered Accountability in Your Organization

4 Ways to Cultivate Human-Centered Accountability in Your Organization

by Brandi Olson | Leadership, Teams

4 Ways to Cultivate Human-Centered Accountability in Your Organization When I teach organizations how to build self-managing, high-performing agile teams, one question ALWAYS comes up. It’s always a variation on: but how will we hold people accountable? Accountability...
The Cultural Illusion That’s Keeping Your Organization Inefficient

The Cultural Illusion That’s Keeping Your Organization Inefficient

by Brandi Olson | 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...
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