How To: Surviving Complexity – Working More Hours Isn’t the Answer

Event Date:

Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Can we succeed despite overwhelming and contradictory goals? The answer is yes, but only by being on target and working "on-purpose" at all times.

Location and Cost:

Trattoria Nicola’s
1250 22nd Street NW
Washington, DC
20037

AMADC Members: $35
Non-Members: $45
Student Members: $15

*Lunch is included with registration.

Pre-registration closes at 12pm on Monday, November 7th.
Onsite Registration available at an additional $10 fee.

About the Program:

These days everyone owes their time and energy to many workplace masters. We juggle analysis, customer service, supervision, time management, strategic planning, problem solving, and more. We work tirelessly on a seemingly infinite knot of interrelated problems and issues, and wonder how we will ever get it all done. We sense we are spread too thin, and that our complex workload is somehow impossible, so we work more hours to get the same output. But our hours are finite, and our lives not our own. Can we succeed despite overwhelming and contradictory goals? The answer is yes, but only by being on target and working "on-purpose" at all times.

In this session you will hear compelling stories and learn to use analytical models for:

Teaching other people what you do, so that their requests align to your primary goals
Making your progress more visible to yourself, so that you get more done (and feel more satisfied)
Avoiding workplace drama and improving interactions with colleagues
Understanding the structure of the information-age workplace and how to influence it
Experiencing more output and less stress at work

About the Speaker:

Ed Muzio, CEO, Group Harmonics

Ed is the author of the award-winning books Make Work Great (McGraw-Hill, 2010) and Four Secrets to Liking Your Work (FT Press, 2008). He is a leader in the application of analytical models to group effectiveness and individual enjoyment. Originally trained as an engineer, Ed has started organizations large and small, led global initiatives in technology development and employee recruitment, and published articles and refereed papers ranging from manufacturing strategy to the relationships between individual skills and output. Ed's analytical approach to human productivity has been featured in national and international media, including CBS, Fox Business News and The New York Post; he is a regular guest on CBS Interactive.

With clients ranging from individual life coaches to the Fortune 500, he serves as an advisor and educator to professionals at all levels, all over the world. Prior to founding Group Harmonics, Ed was President and Executive Director of a human services organization, and a leader, mentor, and technologist within Intel Corporation and the Sematech consortium. A Cornell University graduate, Ed's accomplishments include the creation and stewardship of a worldwide manufacturing infrastructure program, a nationally recognized engineering development organization, and a non-profit organization providing residential services to at-risk youth in his hometown of Albuquerque, NM.

Event Location:

Trattoria Nicola’s

1250 22nd Street NW

Washington, DC 20037

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