Could this be used as an internal mechanism to gather ideas from staff on how we respond to the ELQ situation - suggestions on how we 'tighten our belts' and 'sweat our assets'? For example, unnecessary bureacracy could be questioned (and responded to) and suggestions could be built on and refined. My first suggestion would be to get rid of the water coolers!
But then where would the water cooler conversations take place? In Ideascale I guess! I think using it to reduce unnecessary spend is a great idea. I'd also like to see that when savings are made, some of that money goes towards supporting good ideas to improve our working lives. When things get tougher financially for an institution, its important to maintain morale.
Defnitely a good idea - would really help get people talking about ways to cut costs and improve our surroundings. I definitely agree with the watercooler idea too - don't SRS have 'coolers' built into the wall which are actually only connected to a drinking water supply from the mains? I think they have one of these in Berril cafe as well - the water quality is not noticeably different and it would save us thousands per year - though I'm sure we are probably tied into some long contract with PowWow! :-)
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