All It Takes Is A Goal ATG 268 | From Scrap to Steel: How to Turn Wasted Work Into High Value Time
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Feb 9, 2026 
Juliet Funt, author and consultant who helps companies turn low-value 'scrap' work into high-purpose time. She explains how meetings and dashboards drain organizations. She names cultural warning signs like anxious deference and normalized exhaustion. She shares stories from an unusual childhood, worldschooling her kids, and why most change follows pain.
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Scrap Time Is Hidden Payroll
- Companies waste huge amounts of employee time on low-value “scrap” work like dashboards, emails, and meetings.
- Juliet Funt wants organizations to convert that scrap into high-value, innovative time by redesigning work and skills.
Use After-Dinner Work As A Red Flag
- Measure how often people work after dinner as a quick indicator of overload and broken processes.
- Audit for “too many” dashboards, emails, and meetings and streamline technology and reporting.
Deference Hides Systemic Problems
- Anxious deference to the CEO signals that honest feedback is suppressed and many problems are hidden.
- Weariness and normalized exhaustion in employees indicate systemic dysfunction, not individual failing.
