Avoid Bias

When you are making important decisions or preparing designs, get a second opinion on them before acting, because you may be coming from a biased or primed attitude. (Primed is …

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Alliance Communications Efficiency

Although alliance systems can lead to great cost and time savings, it is important to pay particular attention to internal communications and authorisation systems. It can take a lot longer …

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Consider Overall Costs

Remember in your planning that the costs of materials are often less than the labour costs to install them. Consider the ease and speed of installation even if the materials …

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Getting Ideas from Team Members

If you want to get a collection of good ideas from your team, avoid using brainstorming. Brainstorming means everyone puts forward ideas in a group meeting, but people will often …

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Document Folders

Document storage and retrieval is a vital aspect for most projects. If your company doesn’t have a good file storage system then I would suggest you make your own. For …

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Ergonomic Work Space

Encourage or train team members to use their workspace effectively, safely and more productively by supplying good, comfortable adjustable chairs, wrist supports, etc. This leads to less sick time, more …

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Effective Computer Use

Make sure your team is skilled and trained in using the basic functions of their computers as efficiently as possible. Possibly run some short workshops on the use of keyboard …

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Neat Writing

Encourage and discipline your team members to use neat writing when making notes on drawings or things which others must read or refer to. Messy or illegible writing slows the …

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