Push vs. Pull Processes - Written by Tim Ferriss

clipped from www.fourhourworkweek.com July 21st, 2008 Preface: This is a guest post from Michael Port on standardizing business processes–or personal productivity–to minimize excessive trial-and-error. Waste is a constraint. Reducing waste in your organization is one the easiest ways of reducing constraints. And here’s a surprise—waste in offices is usually greater than in factories, especially because it’s easy to hide waste in cumbersome or non-existent processes. Creating unnecessary information inventory is another common waste in offices. Doing too many tasks “in anticipation” of a possible client, for example… Read More