Even in a big business like the Virgin Group, I sit down now and again and sign every single cheque that goes out, and I ask my managing directors to do the same. For a month. Sign everything for a month every six months and suddenly you’re asking: ‘What on earth is this for?’ You’ll be able to cut out unnecessary expenditure quite dramatically when you do that.

Quelle: Lessons from Richard Branson\’s „Business Stripped Bare“ – (37signals)

Vielleicht sollte ich das als Gemeinderat mit dem Ressort Finanzen auch mal für einen Monat versuchen …