At long last, a focus on the real needs for improving NHS productivity levels – our political leaders, whatever their colour, forever compete for votes by promising more and more costly inputs – more doctors, nurses, hospitals etc. – and we, the public, the customers, the people who pay for them, mostly admire the staff …
Category: 17. Processes
Jul 21
Workers become happier, more productive with AI assistance
According to Madison Hoff, writing for Business Insider, a study of workers who got an AI assistant became happier, more productive, and less likely to quit There’s a lot of fear right now about whether AI is coming to replace people’s jobs. Tech workers like software engineers are concerned about AI in the workplace, for instance. AI may …
Jun 27
It’s not process that matters, it’s content
Adam Straker claims that Steve Jobs was obsessed with productivity SHARE Steve Jobs said that “we all need time for uninterrupted individual work – meetings (suppliers, interviews…) rob us of individual time, and the productivity of our engineers” He was very clear about how to identify the most productive people – employees who are results-focused …
Nov 16
Don’t fear robots
An article by George Elmaraghy in the Akron Beacon Journal makes one think he’s already read, and agreed with, our latest book ‘Productivity Knowhow’ Revisited Robots may be the answer to worker shortages Robots have been around for decades. For most of their history, they were perceived as awkward mechanical devices used in factory assembly lines …
Nov 03
Could AI solve the UK’s productivity problem?
According to Ryan Morrison in Tech Monitor, automating repetitive tasks could boost Britain’s output, but MPs were told this week workers must be protected UK productivity has remained relatively static for the past 15 years with minimal growth compared to countries like China and the US. The cause is up for debate, but many experts …
May 10
Capital Spending Boom Helps Raise Productivity
David Harrison, writing in the Wall Street Journal, says spending on technology has soared as businesses adjust to higher wages and remote WFH American businesses are ramping up technology investment and other capital spending as they emerge from the pandemic. If sustained, that investment boom could boost productivity and living standards and counteract inflation pressure. …
Dec 03
Automation – friend or foe?
Robert Skidelsky, writing in the Guardian, points out that the growth of mechanisation brings many benefits, but vigilance is needed to keep it in check What the economic historian Aaron Benanav calls the “automation discourse” has been going ever since the luddites smashed textile machinery in Nottingham in 1811. At issue is whether machines destroy or …