- Productivity improvement is the biggest issue facing any manager at any level in any organisation in any sector – and the biggest peacetime issue facing any government minister too
- Hence, one would expect there to be thousands of books, seminars, conferences, courses, websites and apps on the subject, and specialist managers too – surprisingly, there are very few
- Productivity is ‘off the radar’ for most managers and ministers, whatever they might say – they’re ‘flying blind’ when running their teams, or nations – daily events top their priority lists, firefighting is the norm, productivity improvement is not even on the agenda of most
- The result?
- Most organisations in most sectors, public and private, operate well below their potential capacity – the majority could offer much more or better, many with fewer resources and at much less cost
- The same applies to all nations, whatever their stage of economic development
- Meanwhile, new ways to solve different management problems keep on appearing – some work well, some less so – and some are best described as ‘nonsense on stilts’ to quote Jeremy Grantham, the investment strategist
- Sadly, most managers can’t choose between them – they need something or someone to distil the sense from all that is on offer
- This website targets those managers, and government ministers, current and potential, who are keen to make big improvements but lack the ‘productivity knowhow’
- It underlines the importance of productivity improvement and details how to take action to obtain big results
- Its overarching aim?
- To help all managers and government ministers to improve lives