Jan 28, 2019
In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at the whole idea of incremental improvement. Together they look at:
• How pizza shows us how to improve
• Why you don't have to make big improvements
• Why sometimes going backwards works for improvement
• How to discover a better way and then do it
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Jan 21, 2019
In this episode, Ellen and Lee look at the how saving time can help you save money. Together they look at:
• A 1990's NASA study of how to do more with less
• The idea that sometimes it is more efficient and cost-effective to do things yourself, rather than hire them out
• How having less stuff means saving more...
Jan 14, 2019
In this episode, Ellen and Lee look at why and how timing makes you more efficient. Together they look at:
• The early findings of the 1950's Time and Motion Study
• How everyone has another gear that they don't regularly use
• How timers are "lines in the sand" when it comes to getting started
• The...
Jan 7, 2019
In this episode, Lee and Ellen look at how you can make your breaks effective so that you return to work feeling relaxed.
Some ideas:
• Take breaks that involve your sense
• Get out into nature
• Do something unrelated to what you were doing
• Take "opposite breaks" - mental vs. physical, physical vs. mental
•...