Productivity

...or many years, I'm sure it's still very valid - if not, if it's not increased - which was that in a self managed organisation, you will get a minimal productivity gain of 35%. And he said this in the late 80s, to which he then put the question - and if this is true, that you'll get 35, minimum 35% increased pro...more

...ity gain of 35%. And he said this in the late 80s, to which he then put the question - and if this is true, that you'll get 35, minimum 35% increased productivity through self management, then the question he asked was, why isn't every organisation working on a self managed basis? Because everyone says, well, w...more

...h self management, then the question he asked was, why isn't every organisation working on a self managed basis? Because everyone says, well, we want productivity, we want increased efficiency. I mean, they're still on that raft, you know, how do we get more with less workers? How do we get, how do we drive wor...more

...oney. But if you work in your office, or you're sick or on holiday, it's unproductive time, and there's no money for the company. Lisa Gill: Ah, like productivity. Chila: Yeah. So that's always a challenge, because you have the holidays, and you have to go to courses and people get sick, and you have to go to t...more

... have the holidays, and you have to go to courses and people get sick, and you have to go to the office. But [the organisation] wants about 60% , 61% productivity. So it's always challenging to get that right....more

...ealise: people can work from home and we don’t know how many hours they work, and we can sort of trust them. We have no choice but to trust them. And productivity seems to be there or even higher. And then I think the next question that a lot of organisations aren’t asking yet, but it’s gonna come is then: But...more

...act that there's really little to no evidence that the old way of doing things works - this industrial paradigm, like you said: the engagement stats, productivity stats, you know. Gary Hamel talks about the cost of bureaucracy; it's not working anyway, so it's like, what have you got to lose? It's worth trying ...more

...fall apart. So that keeps me honest, I would say. And also the psychological work that goes along with picking apart your worth as a human from your productivity or busyness or all of these things. I think when you're confronted with physical limitations that becomes very stark. I'm still working on that obvio...more

...ill works in organisations that have too many layers, too many rules, too many processes. And lots of data bears out the fact that that is depressing productivity growth. It leaves a lot of people at work physically, but without much of their emotional selves. They're not their imagination, their passion, their...more