Guessing is not a strategy: How to build decision velocity with AI and real-time data
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Mike Donoghue is a member of a multinational information technology corporation where he collaborates on the communications guidelines and customer relationship strategies affecting the interactions with internal and external clients. He has analyzed, defined, designed and overseen processes for various engagements including product usability and customer satisfaction, best practice enterprise standardization, relationship/branding structures, and distribution effectiveness and direction. He has also established corporate library solutions to provide frameworks for sales, marketing, training, and support divisions.
So many meetings, so little time (to actually do anything).
I read somewhere that for every person added to a meeting, the length of it is increased by six minutes. While I have never performed this calculation, there is a kernel of truth to the concept that there is an inverse relationship to how effective a meeting can be once you overextend the membership and include non-essential participants.
Too many people or not, there are also times where varying degrees of misspoken or misunderstood details become part of the team conference experience. When clarification crosstalk occurs and three-quarters of the attendees sit and wait for a conclusion, yet another productive moment is lost. This doesn't even take into account situations where experts are AWOL from a gathering, and well-intentioned but uninformed parties attempt to fill the void--thus creating more confusion.
Then there are the team members who commit their resources then proceed to modify what they agreed to without informing or collaborating with teammates who might be affected. Project managers are invaluable at task and personnel monitoring, but additional pressure from peers (who also can be sympathetic and supportive) is a successful instrument of administration that can be exercised before managers are aware that project tasks have become at risk.
To help reduce wasted time, improve …
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