THE TIME BASED ORGANISATION
See organisations
through the
lens of time.
RESEARCH. PERSPECTIVE. TRANSFORMATION.
A different way to understand how work flows, where time is lost, and where improvement can begin.
Dr Bob Barker
Researcher & author
A lifetime of asking better questions.
Research & practice
Organisational transformation
Visiting professorships
Cranfield & Sheffield Hallam¹
Across sectors
Manufacturing · Services · Healthcare
THE METHODOLOGY
Analysis before action.
Clarity before change.
01 / OBSERVE
Make time visible.
02 / UNDERSTAND
Find the spaces between.
Follow a product or service across its entire journey. Look beyond the boundaries of individual departments.
Show work and waiting together. Identify where materials, information and activities fall out of step.
03 / TRANSFORM
Put knowledge to work.
Give the people doing the work a shared picture to guide improvement.
THE THINKING BEHIND THE METHOD
Research informed by the reality of organisations.
Dr Bob Barker brings together industrial leadership, academic research and practical experience of organisational transformation. His work explores how a time-based perspective can reveal opportunities that conventional measures overlook.
APPLICATIONS
Different organisations.
A common lens.
From manufacturing to public services and healthcare, the complete journey offers a clearer view of how time is spent.
01 / INDUSTRY
Manufacturing
02 / PUBLIC SERVICES
Public services
03 / HEALTHCARE
The patient journey
See production flow, supply chain timing and the journey from inputs to delivery.
Follow a service beyond departmental boundaries, from request to outcome.
Consider treatment and waiting together to understand the whole experience.
READ, EXPLORE, WATCH
Follow the thinking further.
Methodology
Healthcare
WATCH AND LEARN
CONTACT
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