Tony Mayo

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Encourage Employees to Talk More

Tony Mayo

Professor Ashenhurst told us the story of how an “efficiency expert&# had reduced productivity. The efficiency expert calculated that eliminating this lost time would more than pay for purchasing a teletype for each programmer, so they could enter their code from their desks instead of wandering to the punchcard reader.

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Life Strategy and Executive Coaching

Tony Mayo

He emphasizes finding the right metrics, efficiently allocating resources and thinking about marginal costs. Christensen titled, “ How Will You Measure Your Life? New York Times columnist David Brooks, a reliable source for keen insights, had this to say about Christiansen’s speech.