When I first started looking into the four day week it seemed like a good idea, but recently it got me thinking and now I ask myself “Is The Four Day Week A Good Idea?” I think not. Let me explain. If the reason that people work is to pass…
It’s April 1st today or April Fools Day and it got me thinking – why celebrate fools? I love those television programs where one can watch talented people try their hardest to produce the best work that they can and learn to be better at their craft. They are, however,…
I had a very pleasant lunch yesterday with a colleague that I worked with a few years ago and it got me thinking that opportunities are there but you have to invest to find them. Lunch was good – the food was very nice and the conversation interesting as always.…
I read an article today about how a poor management decision lead to a company losing a fortune as a result of ignoring the request of a worker and it got me thinking – Why do we need management? It’s clear that we need leaders and strategic decision makers but…
How Difficult Is It To Run A Business? Many people run successful businesses with few or no qualifications and so it got me thinking – How difficult is it to run a business? If you look at all the management books, videos, courses and all the other material out there…
Small And Medium Sized Businesses Are Not Little Big Businesses Looking at the way smaller businesses are treated it got me thinking – An SME is not a small version of a large business and so should be looked at differently. Especially in the modern business environment the SME is…
In Lean terms the Waste of Motion is defined as ‘any unnecessary movement of people, equipment or machinery’. An example which is often offered is the motion of people to and from pieces of office equipment, for example one central printer. Far better, says Lean theory, to put a small…
If cash flow is the life blood of a business then inventory is the oxygen that flows through the lungs of the business. Too little oxygen and the business will die. Too much oxygen and it will die. Inventory, or stock as we used to call it, is seen as…
Is Employee Transport Waste The Big Sin? As we discussed in the previous blog the first letter of TIMWOODS stands for Transport and is an important area to consider when considering waste within the business. As we move to net zero TIMWOODS Transport Waste is likely to be one of…
The elimination of waste has to be a good thing but do the old definitions fit the modern world? Practitioners of Lean techniques spend much of their time on the elimination of waste. Waste in Lean is defined as anything in the business for which the customer will not pay…