Workflow Improvement Gifts

Failure/Due Diligence

I've always wanted to quit while I was ahead but the opportunity never presented itself.

"Looks like we found the issue."

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

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

"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."

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

In many ways this is the perfect job! Out. Out.

Team Experiences Cabinet: Productivity, Fun, Goal Setting!

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

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

'Right about here I added a drip coffee maker, with high caffeine premium blend coffee, to the employee break room.'

"We only got up to three 'whys' and a 'what the hell'."

"We're developing a plan to fix this."

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

'I think I found the bottleneck, Boss.'

Production: Urgent, Rush, Super Rush.

Empty/Full

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

'I have created the first interactive pile of paperwork.'

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

Hourglass Dumptruck

'It was accidentally reversed one day and our profits immediately skyrocketed.'

"This computer program is very intuitive. It automatically calls me when you do something stupid."

Thanks to an elaborate system of mirrors, every employee at Vecon Industries had a window view.

Suggestion box, one for suggestions and one for 'clean' suggestions.

Fenton always makes a backup hard copy of his mental notes.

'We've decided to upgrade your position with a new version 2.0 employee.'

A usual day.

"How was your day?"

In Tray, Out Tray and Not My Job Tray

'This is Henry, he'll show you the ins and outs.'

'You like my in-tray full, don't you?'

"We've agreed we need more workplace kindness. Let's move on to enforcement."

'Could you put a little more effort into that 'IN' box of yours?'