Define: "Low-hanging fruit" in Business
High risk of unnecessary meetings
"Projects that no one cares about. Do it in five minutes and claim it took two days."
Tasks, goals, or opportunities that are easily achievable.
What does "Low-hanging fruit" actually mean?
"The only actual work we are going to accomplish this quarter."
"Let's focus on the low-hanging fruit first to secure a quick winQuick winChanging a button color so we can pretend we accomplished something in this sprint. for the team."
"The Director told us to focus on the low-hanging fruit, meaning we spent the entire sprint changing font colors instead of fixing the memory leaks."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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