Workflow Guru Gifts

In and Out

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

"Yes Sir, I'm still working on the 'ins and outs' of their proposal."

"Give a sh*t" "Don't give a sh*t"

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

Things-to-do-today: Daily workboxes piled up on desk.

"I spent all day learning productivity hacks"

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

Colour Version: Living by the Clock

'No, your guess isn't as good as mine.'

Here and There Trays

"For heaven's sake, Ogden, it's vacation time! Must you make your little lists even on vacation time?"

Motivation to work

'It's only fair to warn you that if you get the job there would be a lot of filing involved.'

"I'm afraid there'll be an excess baggage charge on your Filofax."

Office worker pushing a pile of papers on trolley.

Failure/Due Diligence

'ACE Heating and cooling' 'What's Hot' 'What Not'

'I see you're still trying to get the staff enthused over the weekly meetings.' (Meeting offers free coffee, free snacks, eye-popping charts, exciting videos and free idea pads).

"Meanwhile, obsessing about productivity is way up."

"Brandon isn't adapting well to the open office concept."

Why do you need so many computers?

Your computer has every alert, alarm and reminder possible...enough with the sticky notes!!!

"Much ado list"

'It's new from British Telecom...a telephone ignoring machine.'

"Has anyone else noticed that the efficiency experts seem a little robotic?"

'At least I never have to straighten it out.'

'We're a non-profit organisation. We didn't plan it that way, but that's how it worked out.'

'This software package can cut your workload in half. Do you want to purchase two copies?'

"It looks like we're reorganizing again."

"You should be able to get through your emails during the working day then you could use the rest of your life to do some of the work."