Organizations are stressed. Technological innovations have become the source of relentless pressure and customers have never had higher expectations. Corporations are cutting costs, but still struggle to improve everyday productivity in an effort to boost profits.
Yet a new frontier of enormous opportunity to improve productivity is hidden in plain sight. This is the tiresome meetings, the endless admin and the wasted days which are spent without clear objectives. According to a Fortune 500 study, as much as 80% of working time is lost to either confusion or counterproductive activities. Overcoming such prastination - on both an individual and organizational basis - would reap huge rewards.
In The Power of Clarity, Ann Latham clarifies how to tackle these deficits in working practices. These 'disclarity zones', as she defines them, are black holes of ambiguity and inefficient processes, yet are far too easily overlooked. This fascinating guide to...