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The Sam Ovens Podcast

56. Why Communication Is Inefficient

Jan 15, 2019
50:07

Communication KILLS businesses. It's a BAD thing! So are open-plan offices, meetings, managers, and big teams. Last year my company grew significantly, we hired 40 people, total headcount climbed to 48. We had more humans, we were paying more money in salaries, but productivity and throughput declined. How? How does hiring more people, paying more money in salaries, result in less stuff getting done? It baffled me. I've spent the past 6-months thinking about it, digging into the data and figuring it out. In this podcast, I share exactly that.

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