How De Beers made time for creativity

Genevieve Silk

Diamond brand De Beers leveraged the work management platform Asana to free up time to focus on creativity.

Meetings, what are they good for? A recent article by Forbes declared that 70% of workplace meetings are a waste of time. Moreover, a survey by the University of North Carolina of 182 senior managers across a range of industries revealed that 65% felt meetings prevent them from completing their work, while 64% stated that meetings eat into time they would rather use for deep thinking and 62% believed meetings miss opportunities to create a greater sense of team cohesion.

These are the sort of stats that strike a chord with Steven Amir, Head of Marketing...

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