Define: "Minding the shop" in Business
High risk of unnecessary meetings
"Do not proactively fix anything while minding the shop. If it isn't on fire, don't touch it."
Temporarily taking responsibility for a team or system while others are unavailable.
What does "Minding the shop" actually mean?
"Being the only person online with enable rights during a mandatory holiday code freeze."
"Who is minding the shop while the senior team is at the conference?"
"I'm minding the shop this weekend, which means I will be playing video games with my laptop open next to me."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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