Persuasion and the power of a picture

In this blog post we explain exactly how reuse, and the development of a reuse programme, can reduce procurement demand in the procurement department. This in turn gives staff and colleagues in the procurement department an opportunity to reduce their workload on administrative tasks and focus on more meaningful jobs.

Are you thinking "How do I set up a reuse system"? Or "How do I set up a reuse system for free"?

In this session we talk to Mike Howroyd from the University of Leeds about the reuse program he developed to trade surplus assets. In my opinion Mike has been leading the way in the public sector around reuse for the last 10 years. Google thinks the same- If you are in the UK and you google "Reuse and University" you will see Mike gets the top spot ahead of any other University (and Warp It!). He was the first one I had seen set up their own internal online platform.

He has been on his own reuse journey and in this article we discuss how to set up a high performing reuse system.You can download the University of Leeds Case Study at the end of this article.

MIke set up his own internal system which ran for 5 years and was very successful he then saw some additional benefits of using Warp it and migrated over to our system in late 2017.

Any development of quality is going to take time.

Understanding the value of barriers

Welcome to this latest blog post, where we take a look at the bizarre or unexpected things that can drive reuse or surpls assets furniture and equipment in an organisation.

It’s important to note that these are random benefits we never thought of before we set  off on our mission of making reuse mainstream. 

They are anecdotes have been fed back to us from customers. It is also important to note that only some of these things are measurable.

Picture the scene...

There are ten people in a boardroom. Only two of them support your ideas for X Y or Z. You are questioning whether you have done everything you could do to tip the scales in your favour. Twenty minutes through your presentation you can feel the thick air of the room weighing down on you. You’ve lost the attention of your audience. You can feel the “no” coming.