{"id":8412,"date":"2017-12-02T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arliemediadesign.com\/?p=8412"},"modified":"2025-03-17T16:11:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T16:11:41","slug":"are-you-wasting-your-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/are-you-wasting-your-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Wasting Your Time?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Interview with Henry Stewart by Lisa Minogue-White of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/learningnow.tv\/watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learning Now TV<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 thanks very much!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are your people doing things which produce no benefit to your organisation? 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