productivity

Rachel Jansen: With COVID-19 grinding the economy to a halt, it seemed strange to me that we were still so invested in the idea of productivity, especially since the world we’re living in now affords some of us time to slow down

Opinion: Ottawa’s activist, government-centric approach won’t change Canada’s struggles around innovation or productivity

Some Swedish towns are experimenting with a six-hour work day, and France just passed legislation that enshrines the ’right to disconnect’ in the evening and on weekends

The Trudeau government says it’s focussed on an innovation agenda. But what does that even mean?

Start by removing some of the policies that shield Canadian companies from competition and give them less incentive to innovate

Apps and to-do lists aren’t enough: What the making of Frozen can teach us about productivity

Our obsession with putting in long hours on the job doesn’t mean we’re actually getting much done

Red tape. Outdated technology. Incessent distractions. The office is full of barriers to productivity. How Canada’s best employers are overcoming them

Paul Boothe and Mikayla Johnson take on an exercise in statistical sleuthing around the productivity gap.

Why the wage-productivity ’disconnect’ does not explain increased inequality