Productivity
Ideas and insights about productivity from MIT Sloan.
Productivity
The case for 'sustainable productivity'
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Companies that fail to address the conflict between productivity and employee well-being risk losing employees.
When two heads aren’t better than one
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Leaders often have to decide whether to delegate projects to individuals or a group. According to a new study, it should depend on the task.
A 5-part toolkit for fostering worker well-being
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The toolkit includes steps and resources for enhancing employees’ job control, taming job demands, and improving workplace social relationships.
How smaller firms can integrate collaborative robots
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Integrating robots into a manufacturing system is often prohibitively expensive. A new approach could change that.
How to find and fix hidden factories
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An ever-growing list of workarounds is weighing on your productivity and profits. Time to get your systems in order.
Here comes the AI productivity boom
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Businesses are poised to see big productivity gains from artificial intelligence. Make sure you’re prepared.
Digital business needs new KPIs. Here’s why they matter
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Companies like Slack and Adidas use machine learning and predictive algorithms to boost their key performance indicators. Here are seven traits of advanced users.
In negotiation, use silence to improve outcomes for all
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“There are creative ways to address conflicts, and there is more room for agreement than people assume.”
3 ways chief learning officers can drive change amid a pandemic
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The role of development and learning officers is moving from a training role to a transformational one.
3 practices for effective work in a remote world
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Successfully shifting to a remote workspace requires flexibility, a paper trail, and status checks to prevent personal burnout.