Break free from overconsumption and reuse all year round

If you read our blog regularly, you’ll probably have thought, 'why the heck would a reuse programme/ portal be writing about productivity and ways of working?' The answer is that our customers, and potential customers are all in organisations delivering various initiatives. Anything we can do to help them win and excel at work is a huge positive. We provide value to those who need it.

Topics: Guidance for projects

You are more likey to succeed and work effectively if you set a goal. Just by setting your goal, writing it down, weird things happen that come into play and make you more likely to achieve it.

Right at the very start of a new project, you have to define a goal for yourself and the project. Where do you want the project to be in 6, 12 or 18 months time?

You need to be able to look ahead and create that vision. In this blog post we talk about the benefits of setting a goal for your project. As usual we use a reuse project as an example but it could be anything. 

At the end you can download our super simple guide " How to set goals" which will help your in your work and home life.

This 7 step guide to setting goals really helped me and it will help you achieve. 

Topics: Guidance for projects

When a new project or initiative is proposed, the thought of what needs to be done can be overwhelming and even paralysing.

This blog post is all about how to take action and get that project nailed! We also give you 10 productivity tips at the end to make your day go BANG! As well as this, you'll gain access to a furniture reuse program milestone spreadsheet so you can plan your reuse program roll out. 

 

It was the United States Army General Creighton Adams who first posed this question..

Q: How do you eat an elephant?

Topics: Guidance for projects

Persuasion and the power of a picture

Topics: Buy in, Reuse program: Planning stage, Increasing participation

 

Topics: Guidance for projects

Any development of quality is going to take time.

You are delivering projects that are making a difference. There's no significant change or value delivered overnight, and it’s vital that you bare this in mind. If you're delivering quality and value,  you need to plan, you need to formulate a proper strategy, you need to consult- there's lots to take in. You will get tired. The team will get tired. In this blog post we tell you how to roll with the punches and deliver greatness.

Topics: Guidance for projects, Buy in

Understanding the value of barriers

Topics: Guidance for projects

Do you get to the end of the week, feeling like you have worked really hard and your to do list is the same as it was on Monday? (Or even the Monday before? as in my case!)  COULD LETTING GO BE PART OF THE ANSWER? I have really struggled with this in the past. But you have to face it. If you want to be productive you need to collaborate and I would go as far to say: Anything you are not excellent at- should be passed to someone who is. So that you can continue with the stuff you are excellent at. This blog post is about getting an informal inter departmental team together to roll out your reuse programme (or any project really). It is about finding common objectives which overlap so you can deliver the project as a team.   Read this article and then read this article- how to build an implementation team. If you are leading on your reuse programme, or if you lead on sustainability, procurement or facilites managemenrt (FM) projects in your organisation, you need a team of cross departmental collaborators to get your project finished. Don’t underestimate the power of teamwork; you need people to help you complete this project. You can't take it on all yourself, and here’s a few reasons why.

Topics: Guidance for projects