7 Ways Elon Musk Improved Workplace Productivity at His Company

After his amazingly condensed resume, Elon Musk keeps coming up with unique ways to improve workplace productivity.

With so many goals to keep up with, time is of the essence. Recently, he announced to Tesla employees that he wants to adopt a 24/7 shift schedule to get production for Tesla’s latest electric car on track. He explained a few changes which can be quite overwhelming for the employees.

But he also provided a list of his own productivity recommendations.

Here are the seven productivity tips Musk offered in the letter, in Musk's own words:

Don’t Waste Time With Large Meetings

"Excessive meetings are the blight of big companies and almost always get worse over time. Please get [rid] of all large meetings, unless you're certain they are providing value to the whole audience, in which case keep them very short."

Urgent Meetings Only

"Also get rid of frequent meetings, unless you are dealing with an extremely urgent matter. Meeting frequency should drop rapidly once the urgent matter is resolved."

Leave The Meeting If You’re Not Needed

"Walk out of a meeting or drop off a call as soon as it is obvious you aren't adding value. It is not rude to leave, it is rude to make someone stay and waste their time."

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Don’t Use Confusing Words

"Don't use acronyms or nonsense words for objects, software, or processes at Tesla. In general, anything that requires an explanation inhibits communication. We don't want people to have to memorize a glossary just to function at Tesla."

No Chain of Command

"Communication should travel via the shortest path necessary to get the job done, not through the 'chain of command'. Any manager who attempts to enforce chain of command communication will soon find themselves working elsewhere."

Need To Contact Someone? Do It Directly

"A major source of issues is poor communication between depts. The way to solve this is allow free flow of information between all levels.

“If, in order to get something done between depts, an individual contributor has to talk to their manager, who talks to a director, who talks to a VP, who talks to another VP, who talks to a director, who talks to a manager, who talks to someone doing the actual work, then super dumb things will happen. It must be ok for people to talk directly and just make the right thing happen."

Don’t Waste Time Following Silly Rules

"In general, always pick common sense as your guide. If following a 'company rule' is obviously ridiculous in a particular situation, such that it would make for a great Dilbert cartoon, then the rule should change."

It’s pretty telling that Elon Musk is not a big fan of bureaucracy, with his disdain for meetings, hierarchy, or any system that gets in the way of direct communication. He certainly prefers common sense.

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Source: Business Insider

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