Productivity, productivity, productivity — we hear so much about its importance and how employee productivity can improve every aspect of a company’s culture, performance and, eventually, its bottom line.
We’ve all read the dire predictions. Robots are coming for our jobs. Artificial intelligence will make humans obsolete. Anything we can do, machines can do better.
Throughout the years, technology has been sought after and adapted by businesses. From the stenotype machine to the post-it note, new types of technology in the workplace have consistently allowed businesses to flourish.
James Surowiecki got it right when he said over a decade ago, “Technology is supposed to make our lives easier, allowing us to do things more quickly and efficiently. But too often it seems to make things harder.”
If getting employees engaged in their work was easy, everyone would be doing it. And, since 85 percent of the world’s workforce reports feeling disengaged from work, it’s clearly not a simple task.
The ultimate goal of a project manager is to bring a project to successful fruition, beginning with the pre-planning stage and ending with project closure.
In the modern business world, taking steps to mobilize your workforce is more important than ever—especially when 43 percent of the U.S. workforce now spends at least some time out of the office working.