Productivity

Politics; the art of stopping an opponent from achieving any success, while in Government, which can be used to win the next election, seems to be a natural enemy to Productivity; a comparison of output, measured by revenue, in relation to inputs, inclusive of, capital and work. The aim is to improve overall Productivity, within main sectors and vital industries, fueling economic growth; to service and repay debt, to create new jobs and investment opportunities, while meeting budgetary obligations and hence, to improve standards of living across the board.

Rental Apartments

Economic research reported by international news outlets, all suggest that apartments located in major cities are well beyond the financial reach of persons working in those cities, resulting in long daily commutes, expanding city limits, growing ghettos surrounding the city centres and, as a further result, opportunities for those historical real estate owners to profit from the development of rental accommodations. When an average office city worker has to travel for over an hour, it is time to relocate that operation and the answer always seems to be, just outside the city limits, naturally moving operations, converting slumps into industrial and commercial parks with middle class housing units. The opportunity is for the previous owners in that location to sell or develop.

Implementation

No matter how sound the plan, with a well thought out, ambitious and anticipated vision, a strong, clear, measurable and attainable mission, and executive directives tracking projected, stated and promised improvement in standards of living, it is the enactment and resulting performance which judges success. It is the permanently employed personnel that are charged to implement such change policies. It is a well designed process that instructs and maintains order. It is efficient communications to transmit work orders and receives prudent progress reports. It is the original strategic plan or the initial scope of work, with limited changes, which starts and controls progress. Recognizing, however that numerous examples of failed implementation exist, as repeatedly mentioned in executive summaries and budget statements year after year after year.

Thoughts, Opinions & Decisions

The average person, in a functioning democracy, gets to make Decisions that will affect us all. Such an individual, no matter their level of formal education, will form Opinions on and about a variety of topics, character of persons and the public’s ability to accept changes. These persons, interested in learning and progressing, will listen to others, who are perceived to have intimate knowledge and are in a position of trust, to guide their Thoughts. And so we all should, but no one voice can be constantly right across all topics, so we must seek out and find the best and most knowledgeable voices on each issue, before lending our own.

No small BUSINESS

For numerous years, I have stated that size, Big or Small, does not matter in terms of business success. Back in the 1980's while delivering many talks on starting your own business, the mainstream media called such advice; becoming self employed or managing a small business. In the 1990's Government programs adopted the most commonly known titles; small business grants and loans, to promote its socioeconomic assistance. By the decade of 2000, I truly believed that it was much more widely accepted that a strong plan with sound market fundamentals and correctly calculated financial projections addressing relevant risks, was the root to determining the most efficient size and model of business operation and would lead to eventual success. In addition, 2010 I founded the Society for Entrepreneur and Economic Development (SEED) to better understand and support business growth. 2011, I leant my skills to structure a Governmental initiative; Enterprise Development through Business Incubation Policy Document, to incubate ideas into industries.

Taxes 101

A method of fairly converting and collecting; revenue to finance the nation’s recurrent expenditure; security, healthcare, education, environment, housing, water, transport net, etc., while increasing the nation’s productivity; agriculture, mineral extraction, manufacturing and services sectors, incorporated within the nation’s economic zone, and capital receipts to build on the nation's intrinsic and successive valued assets, from the nation’s current users, to maintain, repair and expand such assets for the benefit and enjoyment of all present and future owners.

Tidal Turbines

The results of the global experiment to find the most efficient technique to generate electricity using renewable energy sources are in, and are based on geographic locations; where the driving sources are most accessible. Electricity to power an equivalent amount of homes, offices and industries: Solar panels, engineered to capture the sun light and charge salt particles as battery storage for around the clock supply, proves to be the most efficient method to generate the needed mega watts (MW) of electricity in a desert location. Geothermal, dry or flash stream or binary cycle, power stations, can efficiently generate thousands of MW in locations surrounding the heat well source. Wind turbines located in hills and mountain ranges were wind speeds are high, can accurately generate the required MW of electricity. And Tidal ocean turbines positioned along coastlines of small island states can effectively generate sufficient MW for the whole island.

Funding the Future

The nation, which finds itself overdrawn in its current account, needing to raise funds to pay, public sector salaries back pay, overdue bills, recurrent expenditure, finance its infrastructural maintenance and new facilities, and is desperate to diversify its economy, must carefully examine and educate its population about all options. The executive can decide to continue borrowings, locally to finance budget deficits inclusive of capital expenditure, and internationally to meet its foreign currencies import bills and preserve its local currency strength, projecting long-term debt repayments, which would, unless revenues rebound, further grow the current public debt into an unmanageable size. The cabinet can also withdraw from the nation's cash reserves, savings, stabilizing or sovereign funds, invested in foreign low risks, low yield instruments, to finance its previously mentioned needs. Noting that, both borrowings and withdrawals together can solve the nation’s immediate cash flow problems.

Basic Utilities

We, the people are all investors in the nation's sustainable development to regulated success. Our poor and barely getting by, our middle class and our rich, all invest materials, money and time in order to benefit from resulting returns on such investments. Returns that could improve standards of living, maintain persons income levels above increases in cost of living expenditure, afford persons a comfortable home, travel and entertainment, and reduce the number of persons living in poverty. This can only be adequately accomplished by solving each other’s current problems, satisfying each other’s crucial wants, and meeting each other’s basic needs.

Transport Net

A nation; rich in tourism products, agri-business with some light manufacturing and extractive industries, must design and implement transportation policies that bring the highest levels of efficiencies to the movement of its people and, as a targeted consequence, its national productivity. Imagine no waiting around, a known fixed journey time at an affordable cost, it is possible with a little common sense and abandoning individual egos for the greater good, transport whenever it is needed, scheduling to save time, and standardization to reduce operating cost. The ideal is and requires local zoning policies; properly marked, changed and policed by regional local government bodies; industrial, commercial and residential, with privately owned vehicles not allowed on designated routes at peak times, special rules for cargo vehicles and using small, medium and large capacity vehicles for public travel in zoned areas.