Resource Reuser Mugs

Reuse it or lose it.

"Stop the throw-away mentality! Save resources! A New Year every 750 days is quite enough!"

Scarcity

The dumpster code - find something, leave something.

"Don't just forage - upcycle!"

World Production.

Population rocket

Blowing dust off an order book.

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

In the future, wars will be fought over water.

"There is a great deal of evidence that big savings can be made if departments shared resources... But I suspect that implementing the changes might be problematic if we can't even get Norman to lend out his pencil sharpener."

BMA criticises 'Black Hole' of NHS IT spending

'I'm trying to turn gold into gasoline.'

How judicious you are/How thin you spread it

Biblical Procurement Tales: Project Ark.

Valuable Water

'Managing finance is integral to this post. How would you respond to a perfectly reasonable request for extra funds?'

World Meat Consumptiom

"I think someone's been overfeeding The sacred Cow lately."

A=Gets the job done (efficient) B=Wasteful if spent (flashy) Available resources

Blood is thicker than water. Oil is thicker yet.

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow...

'...so you need us to slow time, break the law and perform three miracles...by next Tuesday. You need to dial extension 101 and ask for the Wizard of Oz!'

"Don't throw it away when you're done. Repurpose, like I did."

The origin of the phrase 'staff cuts'.

A man with the world on his mind inspects the world

Gas Supply To Europe

USA Octopus

'Ok! Let 'er rip, Harold!'

"...In the long run, we'd like patients to see an accounts clerk, nurse, and resource manager before they get anywhere near the doctor..."

e-procurement

"I've just finished that report on 'Cost Savings through Resource Sharing'...It'll be ready for distribution as soon as I can get the stapler back from the Droitwich office."

"With the constraints upon the budget I've had to make some savings...In future I'll be allocating fixed assets on the basis of URGENCY and adherence to application protocols."

"People often think management is glamorous, that we spend all our time engaging in high profile decision making."