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Episode 123: Don’t Improve the Symptom Before You Address the Source
Long lines at the airport last week gave me a timely reminder of a leadership problem I see everywhere at work.Leaders sometimes fix what’s visible instead of what’s broken. The result is just better optics, not better outcomes. There’s a reason this topic is hitting a nerve. Asana reports that knowledge workers spend 60% of their time on “work about work,” and Microsoft reports that employees are interrupted every two minutes by meetings, emails, or pings. That is not a time-management problem. It's a prioritization problem. Why it matters:
What you’ll learn:
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