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Better, Faster, Happier
Customising a better, faster and happier workplace
Season 1, Ep. 7
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I had the honour to speak to Shar and Frank from Plural Futures lab on the subject creating better, faster and happier organizations.
Tune in to listen to our conversation, with the following highlights:
🔍 The challenge is to find a balance between efficiency and effectiveness.
🎁 We often work based on assumptions, what happens when we get the customer in the room and get them to define what better, faster and happier means and look like.
🙏 What happens when a team is able to understand the uniqueness and strengths that each individual brings.
Had a light bulb moment on how we can improve the podcast or want to appear on the show as a quest? Then drop me an email: Nancy.evbuomwan@gmail.com
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