Time & Money - optimising the connection

A client once had the problem of the Board spending too much time in board meetings.
Questioning revealed that having spent an hour deciding whether the outside fire-escape stairway should be painted red or silver, the Board waived through a £1m trade-funding budget in five minutes….

Solution:
Even more time was spent agreeing the total annual cost of the combined annual packages of the Board, and the resulting cost per minute in board meetings. Once agreed, however, the agenda items were prioritised and allocated timings in terms of cost and value, making each session a little more productive.
WalmAsda however, did even better by removing all seats and conducting the board meetings stood up…