Channel: Sam Ovens

Category: Education

Tags: communication is inefficientcompany structureproductivityefficient team structureteam structureinformation architecture

Description: Communication KILLS businesses. It's a BAD thing! So are open plan offices, meetings, managers, and big teams. This video is controversial, but it's the only way to scale a business: consulting.com/channel/why-communication-is-inefficient ABOUT THIS VIDEO: Communication KILLS businesses. It's a BAD thing! So are open plan offices, meetings, managers, and big teams. Last year my company grew significantly, we hired 40 people, total headcount climbed to 48. We had more humans, we were paying more money in salaries, but productivity and throughput declined. How? How does hiring more people, paying more money in salaries, result in less stuff getting done? It baffled me. I've spent the past 6-months thinking about it, digging into the data and figuring it out. This video shares my findings. Check it out and let me know what you think in the comments? Here's the link to the full video: consulting.com/channel/why-communication-is-inefficient HERE'S WHAT WE COVER: 1. Why my company performed worse with more people and better with less. 2. Why communication is a cost and a destructive inefficiency in business. 3. Why additional team members are a "n(n-1)/2" problem. (Google sheet included). 4. Why 3-person teams operate at 95% efficiency and 10-person teams run at 18% efficiency. (mind opening stuff). 5. How to solve this problem with "Information Architecture". 6. The tree components to the solution: Context, people, and content. 7. Centralized, decentralized, and distributed systems and how they work. 8. Why open plan offices are a BAD idea and a stupid modern day corporate fashion/fad. 9. The problems with our old NYC office and my blueprints for our new LA office "The Human Collider". RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: 1. How to create you vision, mission, and principles with examples/worksheets -- Get them on the blog. Get the full video + resources here: consulting.com/channel/why-communication-is-inefficient Check out the video and tools and let me know what you think in the comments below? To your success! Sam Ovens & the team at Consulting.com. C'mon over to consulting.com/channel/why-communication-is-inefficient where we answer your follow-up questions after the episode and provide the full mp3 as well as the transcript AND FREE TOOLS!  If you enjoyed this video, subscribe to our channel and get the world’s best consulting, mindset and business advice delivered straight to your inbox at consulting.com.   And if you’re interested in more videos on consulting, business and mindset, check out our YouTube playlist on those exact topics here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGHuSHKiG9sNLCpcY70xr1gHR7hAdaW8N Thanks for watching!  FOLLOW US AT: Facebook: facebook.com/samovensfan Twitter: twitter.com/samovensnz Instagram: instagram.com/sam.ovens LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/samovens