Speed isn't Efficient


 Speed isn't Efficient

Throughput is how fast work moves through your department, and a bottleneck is any point where that flow stalls.

When people constantly work around a broken workflow, it looks like productivity, but it's actually a sign the system is failing the people doing the work.

Departments track how much work goes out, but nobody asks whether the process is efficient or just fast.

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