A new employee was asked to work on a big project for the team. The lead told her that someone else would have to do it, and she should push back. This is an example of how people can get stuck in time-wasting tasks when they need to be focusing on something more important. Here's what he says: "You don't always need to put the michael jordan on the team on the most important task"
If you're like most data workers, you probably spend a little bit of time reacting to and servicing data requests, a bit more time on some larger analysis projects, and then you've got a big pile of free time where you're wondering what else you should be doing. Oh. No? You're absolutely drowning in work and questioning whether you're actually providing value? Yeah. That's actually much more common. We were just kidding with that opener. The great news, though, is that Emilie Schario joined us to talk about different tactics (strategies?) for finding the capacity to do more and better work, regardless of your level in your organization. For complete show notes, including links to items mentioned in this episode and a transcript of the show, visit the
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