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Back in 2019, Microsoft Japan introduced a four-day working week and reported a 40% boost in productivity. There were similar results from the global trials in 2022 with employees committing to cover 100% of their normal work in 80% of the time. More @Wikipedia
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- These are the surprising benefits of a four-day working week | World ...Back in 2019, Microsoft Japan introduced a four-day working week and reported a 40% boost in productivity. There were similar results from the global trials in 2022 with employees committing to cover 100% of their normal work in 80% of the time.
- Boosting productivity is only the sideshow for AI: Transforming good ...Public attention has largely been on increasing productivity with accelerating outputs. But the real potential lies in the decision-making processes that precede that. Here, AI can augment what humans are capable of – taking them from average to great, making novices as proficient as experts – rather than rendering them obsolete.
- 6 work and workplace trends to watch in 2024 | World Economic ForumProductivity boosts are expected in knowledge-heavy industries, including IT and digital communications, financial and professional services, medical and healthcare services, retail, manufacturing, engineering and construction, energy and logistics.
- Can AI actually increase human productivity? | World Economic ForumHowever, productivity of cognitive labor is harder to measure. Statisticians who compile GDP and productivity statistics sometimes resort to valuing the output of cognitive activity simply by assuming it is proportional to the quantity of labor input being used to produce it, which of course eliminates any scope for productivity growth.
- Happy employees are more productive, research showsIts six month study of 1,800 call centre workers at British telecom firm BT found a clear causal effect of happiness on productivity. The workers were asked to rate their happiness each week via an email survey comprising five emoji buttons, from very sad to very happy.
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