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They say that quality means consistency. Now they say that productivity is consistency.

I guess there is a point to make that you have to be consistent, and predictable?

According to research published in Forbes Magazine:

“The real key to productivity–and thus performance–is not maximizing it at all costs. It is maintaining a level of consistency.”

Haig Nalbantian, labor economist at Mercer HR Consulting found:

“It wasn’t the companies with the highest productivity that were most profitable. It was those companies that consistently maintained their productivity that built the most value.”

In other words, “great businesses can’t crank through a job at record pace this month only to fall down on the next. Options traders may love volatility, but customers, vendors and shareholders decidedly do not.”

Volatility is an indication of ability to manage (or mismanage). It is another way to view risk.

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In essence, there are always opportunities for well managed companies in economic crisis - if not the short term, then in the long term, as weaker companies die out or become weak.

Q4 revenues up, profits debatable

It is beginning to look like Mark Hurd, chairman and chief executive officer of IT giant Hewlett-Packard, has one of the easiest jobs in the market. Maybe second only to Sam Palmisano, IBM’s chairman and CEO and Hurd’s chief rival in the IT space.…

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Maybe Microsoft thinks it can get Yahoo talent instead of getting the company. After all, a lot of them are losing their jobs.

Software maker says Sean Suchter, who announced his departure from Yahoo on Wednesday, will join its Silicon Valley search center.
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