Many workplace productivity assumptions no longer fit knowledge work. Here are four persistent myths about hours, busyness, distraction and productivity systems.

A worker installs an engine at the General Motors assembly plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Photo: Getty Images Though recent jobs figures showed hiring by companies flattening, the rarity of mass ...

Josh Bersin shares ideas leaders need to understand about AI and work, including expertise, job design, productivity, values ...

Economist Robert Solow famously said of productivity gains that resulted from the PC boom of the 1980s that you could see the benefits everywhere except in the data. This is known as the Solow ...

While the average workday is about 36 minutes shorter than in recent years, it is also 2% more productive, according to a March 11 report from ActivTrak Productivity Lab. ActivTrak used anonymized ...

In our hustle culture, people tend to correlate productivity with long hours. Those who come into work early and stay well into the evening are viewed favorably. However, evidence suggests that the ...

Work productivity is not only about finishing tasks faster. A large part of the working day goes into moving information from ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon sparked debate on the future of work in New Zealand this week when he ordered public service employees back to the office. But Luxon's edict neglects a broader ...

Understand how metrics affect workplace productivity and why smart reporting is crucial for employee performance.

It doesn’t matter if you work from a cubicle, couch or cafe — if the (remote) office culture is broken, productivity will suffer. Productivity thrives on culture, not location — prioritize ...

That counterintuitive finding came in a recent survey of 1,022 international respondents by job hunting support platform Kickresume. Contrary to the widespread belief that employees become less ...