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393: On Running an Office Like a Factory by Cal Newport on Workforce Management & Business Leadership Lessons

Optimal Work Daily - Career, Productivity and Entrepreneurship

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This is optimal start up daily, episode three 93, on running an office like a factory. I was recently browsing the archives of the m i t sloane management review and came across this article titled breaking log jams in knowledge work. Manufacturers suffered mightily under this approach for decades until many found a better way. The authors claim that some of the basic ideas from this sector can be translated to the office setting to help one work more productively.

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