Define: "Cadence" in Business
High risk of unnecessary meetings
"The frequency of meetings. Try to reduce it to 'never'."
The rhythm or regular schedule of team meetings or updates.
What does "Cadence" actually mean?
"How frequently we will interrupt your actual work to ask if your actual work is done."
"We will establish a bi-weekly cadence for these status updates."
"We need to establish a weekly cadence for these syncs, ensuring that everyone's calendar is effectively blockedBlockedI'm waiting on another team to do their job, so please stop asking me about it. from doing any actual work."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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