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

2,309,562 views | Yves Morieux • TED@BCG London

Modern work -- from waiting tables to crunching numbers to designing products -- is about solving brand-new problems every day, flexibly and collaboratively. But as Yves Morieux shows in this insightful talk, too often, an overload of rules, processes and metrics keeps us from doing our best work together. Meet the new frontier of productivity: cooperation.

Modern work -- from waiting tables to crunching numbers to designing products -- is about solving brand-new problems every day, flexibly and collaboratively. But as Yves Morieux shows in this insightful talk, too often, an overload of rules, processes and metrics keeps us from doing our best work together. Meet the new frontier of productivity: cooperation.

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BCG's Yves Morieux researches how corporations can adapt to a modern and complex business landscape.

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This talk was presented at a TED Institute event given in partnership with BCG. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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