Guessing is not a strategy: How to build decision velocity with AI and real-time data
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Wonder why your workers appear like a bunch of zombies trudging through the day and giving you zombie-level results?
One reason may be just a small part of their brains have been activated at their job. The rest may have been deactivated in the parking lot – or even at home. Their apathetic and careless attitude is a natural result of unused skills and experience. The work processes they follow minimize the importance of their abilities. They get repetition rather than real discussion; constraints rather than collaboration; monotony rather than meaningful impact.
In one survey workers said they used 5-10% of their knowledge at work. Is that how your organization is going to innovate its way to success against the competition? Is that how your project will beat expectations? Is that how your career will meet its goals? No, it is not.
You must find ways to put this untapped expertise to use. Bring people into meetings who are usually excluded, but have special insight. When requesting document reviews, enlarge the pool of reviewers. Be more proactive and, during training and motivation activities, tell workers you are interested in their honest opinion and will request in during the project. Elimination of zombies can even start during hiring where you find diverse expertise that can be utilized in multiple project areas. You can think of many more ways that work for you, and you should start as soon as possible. Perhaps you will have much les of a problem 28 weeks later.
Posted on: August 23, 2007 09:03 AM |
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