Automate as many non client facing tasks as possible.
Build into your workplace a culture of kaizen, continual improvement and incentive your staff to automate the parts of their job that don’t provide client-facing value. Whether it’s filtering emails, task management automation, automated messaging, helpful notifications or others, create a workplace whether ideas are shared, staff roles evolve and your team knows they can improve their workflow and the result is not lack of job security but more time for higher level responsibilities. Don’t forget that the aim is humans doing human work and software doing mind numbing work.
Great question! If you need a website launched by this afternoon, then you have a few fast website builders to choose from. We’ll start with the super simple web page builders through to the more feature-rich builders: Simplenote – it doesn’t get much simpler than writing your notes down in Simplenote and then clicking the …
Looking for an easy way to plan out your sales meetings for the week and avoid traffic? One system we set up was using a combination of a route planning app and a appointment calendar app (in this case, Acuity Scheduling) to cut down on the time that sales staff were spending in traffic. The …
Have been looking at digital signage software options that are simple to use and don’t cost the earth. Before checking out the options, I thought that some simple options might be free with a reasonable upgrade cost being around $10 – $20 per screen per month or perhaps a once-off cost of under $200. Let’s …
My brother won a golden ticket a few years ago and gave it to our family to visit the Nestle chocolate factory. That’s where I met Ruth & Charlotte (not their real names), working the end of the line for one type of chocolate bar. The final machine would pass them each a few dozen …
Rules for automation
Automate as many non client facing tasks as possible.
Build into your workplace a culture of kaizen, continual improvement and incentive your staff to automate the parts of their job that don’t provide client-facing value. Whether it’s filtering emails, task management automation, automated messaging, helpful notifications or others, create a workplace whether ideas are shared, staff roles evolve and your team knows they can improve their workflow and the result is not lack of job security but more time for higher level responsibilities. Don’t forget that the aim is humans doing human work and software doing mind numbing work.
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