by Zena Everett | Sep 2, 2025 | Zena Everett's Blog
Any pagans amongst you will be gently preparing for the autumn equinox, that midpoint between summer and winter which is a time of gratitude and reflection after the harvest. Most readers are more likely to be on full speed already. The same old story. Our days are...
by Zena Everett | Feb 3, 2025 | Zena Everett's Blog
Pop tarts don’t benefit us in any way, although I’m sure they taste great. There is a work equivalent of pop tarts: low value tasks with no benefit, involving extra layers of touch points and bureaucracy. Is your...
by Zena Everett | Nov 4, 2024 | Uncategorized, Zena Everett's Blog
Senior candidates at one global tech company have to undergo a thirty stage process before a hiring decision is made. This is a classic example of productivity drag: the sludge in the system that gets in the way of getting things done. It’s...
by Zena Everett | Sep 23, 2024 | Uncategorized, Zena Everett's Blog
Last year Shopify cancelled all meetings with more than two people. Their workforce of over 11,600 employees was fully remote. 12,000 calendar events were deleted at one stroke. Wednesdays became totally meeting-free. In research shared...
by Zena Everett | Nov 1, 2023 | Zena Everett's Blog
When a junior person wastes time, it usually results in other people having to pick up some of their work. When a senior person wastes time there will be far more long-term consequences because other people don’t have the strategic oversight they...
