Escaping from the Activity Trap

Many years ago, I came across the notion of the "Activity Trap", a phrase coined by George Odiorne in his book Management and the Activity Trap.

This is one of the dynamics of organization that I have recognized time and time again, both during my time as an in-house manager and latterly as a consultant. I’ve referred to it in passing in a number of posts but, prompted by a recent consulting assignment, I felt it was worthy of specific mention.