The need to think outside of the box

As a company currently working with providers to improve the delivery of care – cost, quality, and performance – we see our clients attempting to juggle the avalanche of guidance, recommendations and policies from various professional bodies, unions, and from NHSEI. It sits uncomfortably with us that some have interpreted this information and  concluded that,…

On GRIP

A colleague of mine once captured the essence of what do we do in 7 words. “Greater grip at the point of execution”. That is perhaps the perfect way of describing what we do. We help organisations improve their grip over resource, working with people to create the right tools and bring about the right…

How do you know you have a productivity problem?

Productivity, particularly within the NHS, is often shrouded in misconceptions, myths and hearsay. Compounded with the narrative often put out in the national press about the NHS being underfunded and staff feeling overworked and undervalued, the word “productivity” in some circles, is greeted with hisses and boos, and kept as far from the conversation as…

To mask or not to mask, that is the question!

14 weeks in self-quarantine. I live in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.  Today, (June 2nd), the television news announced that Arizona registered its largest daily increase in new Covid cases of 1,772 new cases in one day.  This may not seem large to some of you where the populations in your countries is much greater; but Arizona…