Business Productivity

Status Update Meeting Status Loop Asynchronous Communication

What is an Alternative to the Status Update Meeting?

Discover how to reclaim your time by replacing synchronous status update meetings with an asynchronous status loop method.

7 min Jan 8, 2026

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What is Gainsharing and How Does it Support Your Team

Learn how gainsharing works as a management system to improve business performance and employee engagement through data-driven incentive structures.

5 min Dec 15, 2025

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What is Cognitive Load?

An exploration of cognitive load theory for business managers and how mental effort impacts team productivity and learning.

4 min Nov 28, 2025

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Overcoming the Perfection Trap: Why Speed Beats Polish in Team Training

Discover why perfectionism leads to training delays and how managers can use iterative learning to build stronger, more accountable teams.

7 min Sep 24, 2025

async-first asynchronous communication team management

What is Async-First?

Discover the async-first communication philosophy and how it can help business managers reduce meeting fatigue and improve team documentation.

4 min Jul 26, 2025

Inbox Zero email management leadership skills

What is Inbox Zero?

Learn what Inbox Zero is and how this rigorous email management method helps busy managers reduce stress and improve team productivity through better communication.

4 min Jul 26, 2025

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What is Timeboxing and how it helps managers

A detailed look at timeboxing as a leadership tool to manage workloads, reduce stress, and improve decision-making for business owners.

4 min Jul 22, 2025

Pareto Principle 80/20 rule business productivity

The Illusion of Motion: Why Being Busy is the Most Dangerous Form of Laziness

A deep dive into the Pareto Principle for small business owners. We analyze why we gravitate toward low-value tasks and how to ruthlessly identify and execute the 20% of work that drives 80% of revenue.

Ben Schmidt 7 min Jul 5, 2025

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What is Zoom Fatigue?

An exploration of the psychological and physical exhaustion caused by frequent video conferencing and how managers can mitigate it.

5 min May 30, 2025

The SOP they learned six months ago is already fading.

Death of the Binder