Book Review: Solving the Productivity Puzzle
By Tim Ringo
“People engagement, innovation, and performance — getting right people, right skills, right place, right time, with the right motivation — is as necessary and beneficial in the public sector as in the private sector; both public sector and private sector individuals and leaders in the workforce value and gain value from the approach equally.” Tim Ringo implements a process of building leaders using key concepts of innovation. His work competes with the private sector. The potential talent for building leaders who step up and organize for productive results is unlimited.
Through the various case studies mentioned in the book, Ringo offers point after point of reference to leadership training, based on innovative problem-solving concepts. His ideology is clear. The fulfillment of each individual’s goals brings a success mindset. These are laid out in functional processes including various areas of life. This is the first author I’ve read in a while who actually talks about the life/business/health connection in a way that relates to individual living. The explanations were impressive from the first chapter on, because he identifies that not every person “works the same”.
Ringo mentions the idea of engaging development within the public sector. With this concept, he talks about productivity as a resource. Ringo indicates that incentivizing and encouraging private sector organizations to invest in the workforce outcome changes happen to improve the economy. I struggled with the details of his process in this area, but I felt the ideas were worthy of deeper study. For this reason, I enthusiastically appreciated the resources listed at the ends of the chapters.
As with most of the authors who delve into the subject of creating leaders, Ringo indicates a level of performance expectations that includes technology. I noticed in his study of the bank, he integrates sets of digital tools and data to engage the workforce for productive results. In the discussion, which I found most intriguing, he said his idea of “learning as a tool for retention improved people’s performance” (slightly paraphrased). This key concept seems to be consistent with “a life of learning” concepts taught by mentors around the world. I believe this as well.
Ringo points to leaders as the springboard developers of communications programs that work to bring their organizations into the next phase of existence, using strategic imperatives, and the people strategies to create workplace relevance and invigorate new possibilities. His concerns are measured. Ringo makes good effort to show the processes of his thinking, and fit those aspects into the overall workplace productivity and solutions as he incorporates these trainings.
I found his reference to the optimist or pessimist camps informative. He works with either perspective to find a new way forward within organizational operation. His views were helpful and offered many solutions. He gave insight and order to the operations of tactical discovery. I definitely recommend this book to any who what to see how mainstream productivity will be addressed in the future.
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4.5 Stars