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How to Succeed at Making Real Progress

Apr 04, 202226 min
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Episode description

Mike Montague interviews Kristen Cox, a former government official and management expert, on How to Succeed at Making Real Progress. Kristen is a co-author of Stop Decorating the Fish.    Find the book and podcast at: https://www.stopdecoratingthefish.com/ 
  • The best attitude, behavior, and technique on how to succeed at making real progress
  • Make sure you spend your time fixing the customer’s problem
  • Who is your primary customer, and what is their need?
  • Give before you get
  • Not all problems are worth fixing, you may just need to redefine the problem
  • Simple is hard; complex is easy
  • Avoid the “Seductive Seven”
  • Use constraints management
  • You can measure too much, and it just becomes noise
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