Communication Overhead
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What is “Communication Overhead”?
“If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be: ‘meetings.’” — Dave Barry, comedian and newspaper columnist
Key Points:
- Communication Overhead is the proportion of time you spend communicating with your team instead of getting productive work done.
- Communication is absolutely necessary, but as the size of your team increases, so does Communication Overhead.
- The solution is simple but not easy: make your team as small as possible. This will save everyone’s time and increase productivity.
Questions for Consideration:
- How much of your team’s time is spent communicating with each other vs. actually making progress toward the goal?
- How can you reduce communication time while keeping everyone on the same page?
- Could you feasibly reduce the size of the active team to decrease communication overhead?
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