Efficiency Challenger Gifts

"Stop bothering me while I'm trying to appear busy."

"Looks like we found the issue."

Where your mind & battle are los

'Noticeboard? I forgot it was there to be honest.'

"Why can't the rest of you be more like Rollins, here? He does his homework!"

Colour Version: Living by the Clock

"That report on corporate redundancy... I'd like it in triplicate."

'What happened to that efficiency report? I had it in my hand not two minutes ago.'

'Please put that confusing mess of documents, files and folders where it belongs...in your computer.'

Late/Too Late.

"A one-word email reply... classic power move."

"Listen to this: 'Technology reduces the time we spend on a given task, but increases the number of tasks we're expected to do.' Sounds like a no-win situation to me!"

"Our new information management system has just worked out where we wasted most money last year. . . It was on the new information management system."

"I'm too busy to be stressed."

"I'm so efficient I can screw up two assignments in the time it takes most people to screw up just one."

Failure/Due Diligence

Instant Laundry Detergent, 'Just add water'.

"Do you think we should look again at who we invite to these meetings?"

'Apparently you can't fire everybody and still maintain productivity.'

"Never do today what someone else can do tomorrow."

"We find it as long as you manage the inputs, the outputs will look after themselves."

'I solve so many work problems at home.'

"There appears to be a direct correlation between fewer meetings and higher productivity."

"I've tracked our GPS coordinates over the past week dad. Well, we're roaming the plains alright!"

'It's come to my notice, Simpson, that YOU'RE the glitch in the system.'

'Risky, but I like it!'

'Come on, Walter, you're wasting out time! Stop using complete sentences!'

Production: Urgent, Rush, Super Rush.

'See here, Flanigan ? what's this I hear about you going over my head to the computer?'

Three work boxes: 'IN...LIMBO...OUT': 'I think I've found your bottleneck.'

"We are extremely short-staffed here and you would need to be okay with that. For example I’m the janitor, but I also do interviews in between emptying trash cans."

Mental Health System Breakdown

"Yoga helps me unwind."

"This crew gets 15 miles to the pound of gruel. They're very fuel efficient."

"Procurement and their stakeholder journey down the procurement pathway... Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"