Anywhere the term “productivity” shows up, the consensus is that there should always be more of it and that we should do whatever it takes to achieve it. Our relationship with increasing productivity started in the early 1900s, when self-styled…
Lists are funny things. People often either love them or hate them – or perhaps feel both sentiments at the same time. Growing up, I remember my Mother always had a list to check off. There were even lists about…
In the early 1900s, self-styled motion study and efficiency experts looked for ways to streamline industrial workers’ movements to enable assembly lines to move as quickly – and profitably – as possible. The idea was to keep workers moving nonstop…
Productivity has pretty much been a buzzword in the technology sector for decades. It appears in companies’ operational plans, employee motivational materials, monthly economic reports and individual goal-setting documents. Anywhere it shows up, the consensus seems to be that there…