Introduction

Most organisations, and nations, have productivity levels well below their potential 

Most could produce at least 30% more services or output using their current input resources , or cut 30% of their inputs and still provide the same output and outcomes – but few would believe it

Hence, this website was set up to provide free information, comment and advice to all those managers, including government officials, who are keen to ‘have a go’ at major productivity improvement but lack the knowhow on what to do

We are a team of businessmen and consultants with many years’ front-line experience in achieving BIG productivity improvements in organisations, large and small, from both the public and private sectors – experience of ‘what works‘ and, more importantly, ‘what does not work‘

On this website, we regularly publish posts offering views on issues relevant to productivity at work

To date, we have also published a trilogy of books on productivity improvement, listed on Amazon, which some already say are enjoyable as well as helpful viz:

• ‘Productivity Knowhow’ – the basics all managers need to know to make big improvements
• ‘Productivity Quotes’ – a selection of over 1,000 relevant quotes
• ‘Productivity Postbag’ – a selection of posts published about productivity issues

Last but not least, if you are struggling with one or more of the following issues addressed on this website, simply click on the connections below to find help that worked for others viz:

• How to select the few important performance measures you and your team need – and ignore the blizzards you may now suffer from?
  •  http://www.productivityknowhow.com/?page id=391
• How to set effective targets for each performance measure?
  •  http://www.productivityknowhow.com/?page id=321
• How to assess the % scope you have to improve?
  •  http://www.productivityknowhow.com/?page id=327
• How to manage special improvement projects – how to set them up, solve problems, implement solutions?
  •  http://www.productivityknowhow.com/?page id=329
• How to make big (at least 20% plus) performance improvements:
  • At organisation level – to invest in latest and best methods and technology covering products/ services, markets/ customers or structures/ employees?
    •  http://www.productivityknowhow.com/?page id=361
  • At process level – to minimise waste, optimise use of existing resources?
    •  http://www.productivityknowhow.com/?page id=363
  • At task level – to increase task capacity, employ right methods?
    •  http://www.productivityknowhow.com/?page id=365
  • At national level – action needed from any government?
    •  http://www.productivityknowhow.com/?page id=354
  • At global level – action needed from all governments?
    •  http://www.productivityknowhow.com/?page id=352
• How to improve continuously and tap employees’ ideas?
  • •  http://www.productivityknowhow.com/?page id=331

N.B.1  Productivity improvement isn’t about working more hours – it’s about working smarter by a combination of cutting waste, making better use of existing resources and investing in best practices and new technology

N.B.2  We warmly welcome constructive comments you may have so we can at least take our own medicine and continuously improve this website and enable more organisations, and so workers, to benefit