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How to Create Real Efficiency in the Year of Efficiency

Mark Zuckerberg declared 2023 the “year of efficiency” following a first round of layoffs in November of 2022. Facebook is on to its second round of layoffs bringing the total to 21,000. Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Salesforce have all had similar significant layoffs. Hiring on LinkedIn dropped by 23% in January 2023 compared to 2022 …

People look at post-it notes covering a wall as part of the art piece 'Subway Therapy' at the Union Square subway station in Manhattan, New York, on Nov. 13

Top 3 Workshop Facilitation Tips I Learned Running 100 Workshops

Over the past 5 1/2 years I have run a lot of workshops.  Everything from design sprints to very short ideation workshops lasting 1 hour. Almost every single one of these workshops was with a large enterprise (at least $1B in revenue) and I have learned a lot from my experiences.  Here are my top …