Silo Thinking In every business, the work flows around the organisation something like this… That is a little simplistic, as the work can ebb, flow and go back on itself. It may also be that your organisation employs underwriters, data specialists or doctors, but the principal points are the same. Work flows around the organisation […]
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
The environmental rallying call I often hear environmentalists use the terms Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. They refer to the ways in which we can create less waste and minimise our impact on the environment. These terms are equally applicable to businesses. Business waste isn’t solely environmental — though some companies are guilty of generating plenty of […]
Sweat the Small Stuff
TED Talk Rory Sutherland Rory Sutherland points out that big, strategic, expensive initiatives don’t always work. There are a myriad of small projects that are just as powerful. Although big important people like big important projects, the money that they throw about is often wasted. Rory urges us to figure out what the small inexpensive […]
Efficiency or Productivity
Which is better? Should you be more efficient or more productive? On the face of it they sound like very similar things, so does it matter which you strive to be? Efficiency is the amount of input you use to produce a standard level of output. If you become more efficient you do the same […]
Headroom
We all have two tasks: The first task is to do the work: to answer customer queries, lay electric cables or to drill holes and fill teeth. The first task is your day job, whatever you do for a living. The second task is to do that day job better: to reduce downtime, remove obstacles […]
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