Define: "Take it on Priority" in Business
Multi-headcount capital waste
"Ask them exactly which of your other 'priority' tasks should be dropped to accommodate this one. Force them to make the call."
A directive indicating that a specific task must supersede all other current assignments and be completed immediately.
What does "Take it on Priority" actually mean?
"I forgot to ask you for this two weeks ago, so now your weekend is ruined."
"Given the severity of the outage, please take the root cause analysisRoot Cause AnalysisA 10-page document written to politely explain that an intern unplugged the core router to use a vacuum cleaner. on priority."
"The client just asked for a completely new reporting dashboard please take it on priority."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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