. For some tasks, performance can improve, but for others it falls. Young employees hoping for promotions should be in the office: physical facetime with their bosses is more valuable than screen time. But regardless if employees are remote or in the office, processes should be the filter through which leaders identify the jobless employed and whether or not the processes – and employees – are necessary.
But the real questions have to do with what employees are actually doing at home on Zoom. Bosses should audit the activities and processes that occupy all of their employees’ time . They should describe, assess and prioritize them. The processes provide a window into necessity. Can the processes be improved? Can they be reinvented? Can they be eliminated? Or can they be automated?Artificial intelligence is front and center here.
The drill is straightforward. If processes can be eliminated, those responsible for the processes can be reassigned or let go. If the processes can be improved or reinvented, then assessments can be made about who improves and reinvents them, and if the improved/reinvented processes can be automated. If the processes are immediate candidates for automation, then companies can proceed to automate the processes .
The assumption is that there may be too many employees at your company that have either quietly quit or are jobless employed who contribute very little to corporate performance. Is the assumption valid? Do you know?Process audits can be enlightening. Some leaders don't want to know how many of their employees are jobless deployed or have quietly quit, but all of them should. The process audit is the first step. AI can optimize the results.