by Daniel Newman | Nov 20, 2018 | Productivity
It’s an ironic story: the very same technology that is allowing employees to work with greater flexibility outside the office is also making them slaves to their jobs. It would not be an exaggeration to say employees feeling the burnout is now an epidemic. The...
by Eric Vidal | Nov 6, 2018 | Productivity
Everyone could use more time in their day, but getting more than 24 hours out of it just isn’t going to happen. So what’s the next best thing? Reducing the amount of work you have to do on your own…and it turns out technology can help with this. More specifically, if...
by Steffen Maier | Oct 23, 2018 | Productivity
Productivity at its basis, signifies the rate of output per unit of input. The phrase echoes an era where people were seen as elements in a production line, measured by the amount of time it would take them to produce a single item. But in today’s knowledge-based...
by Daniel Newman | Jun 5, 2018 | Productivity
It’s impossible to talk about digital transformation without also discussing agility. We’ve spent a lot of time studying the importance of agility in ensuring survival in the new digital landscape. In fact, I’d say it’s one of the best indicators of success in today’s...
by Daniel Newman | May 1, 2018 | Productivity
Going back to Economics 101, productivity is the stimulus that our economy needs. When productivity increases, wages and standards of living follow suit, causing the demand for goods and services to increase along with them. In a world where technology advances on a...
by Daniel Newman | Apr 20, 2018 | Business and Leadership, Employee Advocacy, Productivity
With all the technology boosts in the past couple of years, you could assume that offices have become the epitome of smart. We are not there yet—but we are getting close. We are rapidly moving into an era of smarter workplaces and millennials are pushing us closer and...
by Daniel Newman | Apr 19, 2018 | Productivity
When we think of automation, we often think of manufacturing, email marketing, or even—for the tech savvy among us—analytics. But human resources? As it turns out, artificial intelligence (AI) and its partner in “time,” automation, have big opportunities in store for...
by Daniel Newman | Feb 7, 2018 | Productivity
Would you rather do the same with less, or do more with the same? That’s the conundrum presented in a recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) article, “Great Companies Obsess Over Productivity, Not Efficiency.” I’d venture to say most of us don’t really know the...
by New Era Technology | Jan 9, 2018 | Collaboration, Productivity
According to a Gallup survey of over 15,000 workers conducted in February of this year, 43 percent of American workers spent at least some time working remotely in 2016. This is up from 39 percent in 2012, which signals a shift in American work culture. American...
by Daniel Newman | Jan 4, 2018 | Management, Productivity, Technology
Smart sensors and the IoT are poised to help companies save millions of dollars by increasing productivity, minimizing waste, and drastically reducing downtime. A sensor alone can’t make a difference, though. For the Internet of Things to fulfill its promise, someone...
