Tim Willison over at Organic, recently posted about the idea of making efficiency in a Colony more than a functional and thankless pursuit...
"Sure, deep-down everyone recognizes that increased efficiency in any facet of work makes sense, but its hard to get excited about process – no one ever got written up in Wired or Computer Arts because they cut their turnaround time by two percent. Efficiency just isn’t sexy. Or is it? It depends who you ask.
Ask a client how sexy efficiency is when a two percent decrease in turnaround time saves his account several hundred thousands of dollars. Ask their team how excited they get about efficiency when it makes the difference between an average year-end raise and a great one.
Still, asking the man in the trenches to examine the way he does things on a daily basis can be a hard sell. Worse yet, at some workplaces there is an unspoken fear of efficiency – the hushed idea that one might work themselves right out of a job. How then, to dispel the myths surrounding this unenvied word, and present the bright side of efficiency?"
Some great suggestions there about ways to change the climate of fear surrounding efficiency and turn it into an organizational benefit. Always encouraging to see solutions derived from truly human points of view.
Silver Ant mentality at the height.
