There is no one ‘secret’ to improving productivity. It must be a team effort looking at big things like strategy and culture; and little things like execution and motivation. None of these can be left out. The leaders of the organisation, set the mission, vision and strategy and are responsible for investment in key factors such as
The UK government is pouring m ore money in to the National Health Service. During the pandemic the NHS has been highly valued but terribly stretched and many of its normal day to day procedures have been cancelled or postponed all activity was focused on those with COVID. However, pouring money into the NHS without
Electric cars, buses, even planes. They are all coming. Vehicles are improving all the time. As sensors become more efficient, range is extended - and range anxiety is the one factor that puts buyers off electric vehicles. If, as a driver, you can’t make it to the next charging point, you’re in trouble. But
There have been many reports that the pandemic has proven the effectiveness and productivity of home working. However, a lot of these reports were based on surveys of employees who say they feel more productive when working from home. I can see the advantages for employees of the flexibility that home working brings - the lack
One useful principle to remember when dealing with incoming mail is to to try and handle everything only once. Pick something up and deal with it so it needs no further action. It is so obvious but all too often people sort incoming mail into different piles - according to category or priority. Each one
Mindfulness has been a bit of a buzzword over the last couple of years. It suggests that we should all be aware of who and what we are, and try to focus on the present moment instead of always worrying about what has happened in in the past, or what might happen in the future.
There have been quite a few claims over the last five years that artificial intelligence (AI) will result in huge gains in productivity. These huge gains don’t, though, seem to be arriving any time soon. When one looks back at the claims, many have been put out by AI start up companies keen to laud AI
We’ve talked quite a few times about measuring productivity - to highlight (relative) inefficiencies, to set benchmarks and targets for improvement - but mainly to understand just what is happening in a process. We measure throughput, quality levels, error levels, downtime, waiting time - anything that affects overall productivity. Where possible, we try to use measures
Many of us use multiple messaging and productivity platforms in our work - Zoom, Teams, Slack and so on. Quite a few also regularly drop into Twitter or Facebook. Each time we read an interesting post or contribute to a discussion we get a little feeling of satisfaction. We are participating and contributing. We feel
Many people use ToDo lists and apps to keep track of their outstanding tasks. There are also lots of apps available, with different flavours of operation. However, you need to remember that a ToDo list (even one contained within a sophisticated app) is just that - a list of tasks. It has no understanding of priority or