According to Jeffery Liker’s book, The Toyota Way, it’s estimated that most business processes are 90% waste and 10% value-added work. Value-added activities in a process are considered those that ...

Have you ever been so absorbed in an activity that time just seemed to melt away? When you’re deeply focused on a challenging task that you have enough skill to complete and the activity is rewarding ...

Being in the groove, in the zone — finding "flow." The feeling of being so engrossed in an activity that time slips away. States of flow can lead to productive work sessions or explain your compulsion ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kathy Caprino, M.A. covers careers, leadership and personal growth. Interviewing for new roles, whether internally or externally, ...

Over the last decade, Cal Newport has become something of a modern workplace ombudsman. A professor of computer science at Georgetown, his books have addressed the ways in which technology can be a ...

In his landmark 1990 book Flow, psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi described flow as “a state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience is so ...

Efficient cash flow management ensures businesses thrive by maintaining steady financial health and growth opportunities. Technology and strategic practices like invoicing software and inventory ...