Workflow Management Gifts

The Work Flow

'What bothers me about these meetings is even though it's work, I have the nagging feeling I ought to leave and get back to work.'

Where your mind & battle are los

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

Whats ticking away in YOUR filing system?

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

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

'It seems every time my business grows so does my paperwork!'

"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."

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

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

Storm in the out tray

Organization is not rocket science!

'You'll soon get the hang of it - then they'll change it.'

Desk Boxes: 'In', 'Out', 'Could Go Either Way'.

Failure/Due Diligence

Deadline

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

Jason and the Aga notes,

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

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

Production: Urgent, Rush, Super Rush.

Gardener's Calendar: Try to put the other things back...

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

Employer surrenders to case loads of workplace disputes and claims.

Empty/Full

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

Welsh practice launches formal objection to 'unmanageable' new housing.

"If I've timed this right, symptoms should start at exactly 9 a.m. Monday."

'Sorry I'm not at the meeting, sir

"We need a better piling system."

This is Pandora, our new Content Manager.

'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."