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PPP 376 | How To Help Your Team Stop Drowning In Work, With Author Nick Sonnenberg

People and Projects Podcast: Project Management Podcast

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The Difference Between Local and Global Optimization

In math, you have the concept of a local optimization and a global optimization in a problem. When everyone's optimizing for themselves on an individual basis, when everyone's doing that, what goes around comes around. That two second savings is nothing compared to probably the 10 hours a week that you could be saving if everyone were optimizing for the right thing.

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