Earlier today, @Sig pointed to a blog post where he resurrects one of his favorite themes: Organizational Effectiveness v Personal Efficiency. He says: Wherever you turn you'll find that Enterprise ...
A few months ago, I started the process of moving all my journalling to a digital device with the goal of being more efficient. It was during the transition that I realized that I had overlooked the ...
Balancing efficiency and effectiveness is a cornerstone to successful marketing and no easy feat. Here we explore how to get it done. In marketing, efficiency may involve increasing conversion rates ...
In "Efficiency v effectiveness" last week, Dave Trott described the problem of focusing on efficiency first in the creative industry. In short, when trying to reduce costs, one can also compromise the ...
Research and development (R&D) productivity has long been a topic of concern amongst industry analysts (Drug Inf. J. 34, 1169–1194; 2000). In general, R&D productivity can be thought of as comprising ...
Sustainability has become one of the most frequently used words in hospitality and healthcare—but also one of the most misunderstood. Many organizations want to “go green,” yet they struggle with ...