Define: "Timepass" in Business
High risk of unnecessary meetings
"Automate the timepass. Write a script to generate the useless reports so you can get back to doing nothing efficiently."
Activities undertaken to occupy time when there is a lack of primary tasks or responsibilities.
What does "Timepass" actually mean?
"The performative busywork management demands when the network is actually stable and you should be left alone."
"We need to optimize our resource allocation to ensure teams are engaged and not resorting to timepass."
"Writing this 14-page incident report for a single dropped packet is pure timepass."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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