Ask HN: What would increase your team's productivity?
Technical or otherwise, what do you have in mind?
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I asked this same question about 12 months ago and we are working on reducing meetings, making them more effective, and increasing the amount of time to get in a flow state for deep work. Just wanted to share as that is where I ended up and currently playing with work analytics from the calendars on a personal and business level with a few public companies (https://execution.com/free-meeting-stats/).
Productivity is a hard one, as there are hard increases and soft ones that make people feel better which then translate into better results.
Productivity is a hard one, as there are hard increases and soft ones that make people feel better which then translate into better results.
Last week I ran an offsite for the executive team at a public tech company focused on "performance" of a leadership team...I borrowed a lot from Lencioni's "Five Dysfunctions" but that wasn't enough...
If you have a team and want to improve, my first question would be "in what dimension?" -- and then I would have several follow ons about why and how...
Happy to discuss more if I can be helpful - just message or find me: http://drift.me/seanlindsay
If you have a team and want to improve, my first question would be "in what dimension?" -- and then I would have several follow ons about why and how...
Happy to discuss more if I can be helpful - just message or find me: http://drift.me/seanlindsay
- no meetings/standups in the morning
- no email/slack/phones in the morning
Try to create an environment where people can work 3-4h without stupid interruptions and do some deep work.
That is how I would run my dev company if I had one ;)
- no email/slack/phones in the morning
Try to create an environment where people can work 3-4h without stupid interruptions and do some deep work.
That is how I would run my dev company if I had one ;)
This is a great point. My most productive hours in the early morning last about as long as I can resist looking at slack.
> no meetings/standups in the morning
Would you have standups in the afternoon or are you completely against them?
Would you have standups in the afternoon or are you completely against them?
Personally, I don't like daily standups. Having worked in two companies which implemented them, I could not see any benefits.
Maybe there is value if implemented better. I don't have enough experience to make a final decision about that.
Maybe there is value if implemented better. I don't have enough experience to make a final decision about that.