productivity
Overcoming the app attack
May 13 by Chintan JainBusiness apps can be a great asset, but toggling between apps that don't share information can hit productivity hard. Is the answer a digital workplace?
[Exclusive Infographic] An OpEx Snapshot of the Evolving Oil & Gas Landscape
August 17 by Process Excellence Network EditorAt a time when many oil and gas companies are reducing headcount and cutting capital projects, it can be challenging to maintain operational excellence (OpEx) rigor and mitigate operational risk. Cu...
5 signs your employees might be resistant to change
November 24 by Craig Sharphange is scary. It’s the unknown. It’s human nature to seek happiness, comfort, and security; and so the prospect of change – of leaving what you know and moving into some unforeseen situation goes ag...
The art and science of improving performance (monkey see, monkey do!)
April 03 by Daniel LockTo improve productivity in organizations you need only get leaders out in the field The controversial Koch brothers wrote a book called the Science of Success (2007). I don't recommend...
Process Fun: Hard work...why take the chance?
March 28 by PEX Network CartoonsIs this the ultimate non-value added activity?
Keys to addressing the challenge of knowledge worker productivity
September 16 by Process Excellence Network EditorGetting to the root causes of productivity loss Today, more than a half-century after Drucker first coined the phrase "knowledge worker" (in 1959) the share of the workforce represented by th...
Process Fun: Why inefficiency is not all bad...
July 26 by PEX Network CartoonsEvery cloud has a silver lining:
Is 100% productivity impossible? Factoring "dead time" into processes
July 04 by Craig ReidIn any process where human beings are involved you will rarely or never have 100% productivity - "dead time" is the gap between 100% productivity and actual productivity.
Making Knowledge Workers More Productive: Insights from the Works of Peter F. Drucker
May 01 by Process Excellence Network EditorCompanies have a vested interest in increasing the productivity of their workforce. Increased productivity means the ability to do more without increasing headcounts. But it means something more&nda...
Without productivity improvements, inflation will get us in the end
April 15 by PEX Network OpEdGovernments face hard choices about spending and deficit levels but doing nothing will lead to inevitable decline. They would be well advised to heed this age old advice as they decide what to do: "...
Managing in turbulent times: 4 Drucker strategies for weathering the economic storm
April 14 by Process Excellence Network EditorManaging in turbulent times is going to become an important skill for most executives. Slow and low economic growth is now a near-certainty. Couple this with mounting government deficits financed by i...
INFOGRAPHIC: Process Excellence in the Nordics, a Six-Part Story
March 25 by Process Excellence Network EditorFear of the competition, money-savings solutions, blood sweat and tears as process improvement projects hit the treadmill... PEX Network presents its findings from a recent survey of Nordic proces...