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Parkinson’s Law

Parkinson’s Law states “It is a commonplace observation that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.”

If Parkinson’s Law is, therefore, to be believed, in this example, the CSM will be most successful if, after prioritising customers, they then seek out proactive activities and engagements that can scale across many customers, thus saving time in repetition or wasted rework, and in turn making better use of the time.

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