275 GIDG Scheduling Lots of Meetings and Staying Sane

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The unsexy fix for meetings, deadlines, and cross-team conflict

913. When something's broken at work, we reach for the big fix — the reorg, the new tool, the strategy overhaul. But ask people to describe their perfect coffee and they'll say rich, dark, bold. Put a cup in front of them and they reach for weak and milky. Rachel Cooke applies th ...  Show more

How to handle uncertainty at work when your boss doesn't have the answers

912. Your boss used to have answers. Now they've got questions. It feels destabilizing - but Rachel makes the case that this is the opening of a lifetime. When certainty disappears, the old rules about who has the answers go with it. Four bold moves for a moment that's wide open. ...  Show more

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