How too many rules at work keep you from getting things done

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August 28, 2015 Today’s TED Talk Yves Morieux: How too many rules at work keep you from getting things done 16:38 minutes · TED@BCG London Modern work -- from waiting tables to crunching numbers to dreaming up new products -- is about solving brand-new problems every day, flexibly, in brand-new ways. But as Yves Morieux shows in this insightful talk, too often, an overload of processes and sign-offs and internal metrics keeps us from doing our best. He offers a new way to think of work -- as a collaboration, not a competition. Watch now » Playlist of the Day Work happier How to be happier at work? Start by focusing on happiness -- not, surprisingly, on work. We learned this fun fact from Shawn Achor's TED Talk. So we asked Achor to choose some more talks he loves, about making work and life a happier place. Watch » 11 talks · Total run time 3:04:01 Join us on Facebook Follow us @TEDTalks

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