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I used to think productivity was all about capability: the more skilled you are, the more work you get done; if you’re weaker, you just need to try harder.
But the deeper I went into projects, the more teams I worked with, the more I realized that capability is often not the biggest problem. What destroys productivity doesn’t come loudly. It comes from very small, very ordinary things, things we often don’t notice until we’re already exhausted.
5 Silent Things That Kill a Team’s Productivity
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