Efficiency Fiends Gifts

Sleep rinse.

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."

So I'm "cheap." It's a perfectly good word. And it aptly describes my interest in conserving resources. I suppose we could call you "thrifty." Heavens no! And waste two whole letters? I see we've only wasted one whole tea bag.

Late/Too Late.

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

"I'm too busy to be stressed."

Instant Laundry Detergent, 'Just add water'.

"Why can't I get anything done unless I'm totally stressed out about it?" "Is it possible to be relaxed and still be productive?" "What is wrong with my brain?" "Why don't you work better?"

Failure/Due Diligence

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

'Item 56, we need to schedule a series of meetings to discuss whether we should have meeting to look at whether we're having too many meetings.'

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

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

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

'I solve so many work problems at home.'

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

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

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

'Risky, but I like it!'

Production: Urgent, Rush, Super Rush.

"Leadership is about more than delegating all of your work."

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

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

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

"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."

"Well, I've finished the project on time and on budget!" "That means I've given you too much time and too much money!"

"We need to eliminate the middleman."

'Look! It's superwoman...and all her assistants!'

'Unfortunately, they're very good at what they do.'

"I think you're becoming a workaholic."

"It's a 670 page questionnaire on how to cut back on unnecessary bureaucracy!"