Define: "Follow the Sun" in Business
Catastrophic fiscal burn
"Document your handover notes in exhaustive detail. When they inevitably fail to read them, you have the paper trail to save your job."
A global workflow model where tasks are passed between offices in different time zones to ensure continuous operation.
What does "Follow the Sun" actually mean?
"Handing off a critical P1 routing loop at 5:00 PM to an offshore team who will immediately ignore the ticket until you log back in tomorrow."
"Our new follow the sun support structure will significantly improve response times for our international clients."
"We utilize a follow the sun model, which effectively means the network is broken in three different time zones simultaneously."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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