There are thousands of articles, book – even blog posts – promising you the Top 5 (or 6 or 21) secrets to productivity.
However, I have disappointing news.. There is no one secret, no magic bullet, no productivity panacea.
Improving productivity takes real commitment – from the leaders of the organisation and infused throughout the organisation – a commitment to asking searching questions, examining systems, processes and working methods and to getting all staff to buy-in and participate in thinking up new ways to do old things.
Forget the promise of the ‘productivity revolution’. Get the organisation thinking hard and working hard to ask – and then answer- all the difficult questions that need to be asked.