Do more with less

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Dealing with Life’s Scope Creep

05/01/2019 / By Mike Hawkins / Efficiency, Productivity

“Do more with less. Work harder. Hurry up. Drop everything. We need this tomorrow. We’re reducing headcount so you’re receiving this extra responsibility. We’re starting a new initiative in which we need you to participate. You need to be at this meeting. And this one. And this one. By the way, why haven’t you responded …

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Do Less with More

12/01/2016 / By Mike Hawkins / Efficiency, Operational Excellence, Productivity

The corporate mantra for the last few years has been “do more with less” with the idea being that people need to be more productive and get more accomplished with fewer resources. How has this worked out? The United States Department of Labor reports that non-farm business-sector productivity rose 0.4% annually on average from 2007 to …

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