Honey bees have the ultimate structure in that every bee understands the objective of the colony and every bee understands their place in achieving this. There is no hierarchy, even the queen has no authority over the others and yet everything operates perfectly. They have the ultimate communication system and…
It’s that time again. New Years resolutions will have been made and many organisations will have entered month 1 of their new budget year with all the targets and budgets beautifully set out for 2024. The sensible ones will have measurable goals, maybe even using the SMART method and everyone…
If you haven’t heard about the 80:20 rule then please have a look at How To Effectively Use The 80/20 Rule then we can look at how to have an effective 80:20 week. The idea for this is by no means original, it comes from good old Google. The appeal to…
Many of you may be aware that one of the great loves of my life is the honey bee and I even have a small bee business Cotswold Bees Ltd Honey bees can teach us a great deal when looking at effectiveness and why productivity and efficiency are no longer enough…
The problem with good training is that it makes employees more attractive in the market place and we all know there is a massive skills shortage. The logic therefore is that if you want to keep your employees then don’t train them and they won’t leave. The trouble is that…
A little while ago we looked at Time Is Not Money but thinking of it in a similar way will help effectiveness. If you want to be effective spend time like you spend money. If I am going to buy something then one of the first things I will ask is…
The obvious answer to the question does productivity matter is yes, of course, but the obvious is nearly always dangerous. Let’s have a look at does productivity matter and if so, why? Measuring productivity is not easy because first you have to define it. Even the Office For National Statistics…
Before we begin properly please may we get something out of the way? The definition of the word Priority is that it is “the most important thing” and as such you cannot have Priorities. It is not possible to have more than one most important thing. You can’t have more…
Most people have heard about the Pareto Principle or 80/20 Rule as it is also known. The idea is pretty simple that 80% of something is generated by 20%. Pareto originally observed this in Italy, noting that 80% of the wealth was held by 20% of the population. Since…
Is Servitisation the Way To Sustainability? Sustainability is a strange thing. We get very excited about recycling and sustainable production but are these really the way to positively effect climate change? What about looking at some old fashioned ideas and giving them the new exciting title by asking, is servitisation…