productivity
This isolation-induced laziness is a privilege. Take it while you can.
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
Canada is lagging on innovation—and the Liberals aren’t helping
Opinion: Ottawa’s activist, government-centric approach won’t change Canada’s struggles around innovation or productivity
How the weekend has disappeared and why we need to take it back
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
Too much innovation talk can be a bad thing
The Trudeau government says it’s focussed on an innovation agenda. But what does that even mean?
How to fix Canada’s innovation conundrum
Start by removing some of the policies that shield Canadian companies from competition and give them less incentive to innovate
Brain hacks for better productivity
Apps and to-do lists aren’t enough: What the making of Frozen can teach us about productivity
Working hard, hardly working
Our obsession with putting in long hours on the job doesn’t mean we’re actually getting much done
When you can’t do your job
Red tape. Outdated technology. Incessent distractions. The office is full of barriers to productivity. How Canada’s best employers are overcoming them
The case of the shrinking productivity gap
Paul Boothe and Mikayla Johnson take on an exercise in statistical sleuthing around the productivity gap.
Looking for the root causes of inequality in all the wrong places
Why the wage-productivity ‘disconnect’ does not explain increased inequality
Our national obsession with a lack of productivity
And how we’re misusing Statistics Canada data to track it
A Canadian magic trick: wages that rise even if productivity doesn’t
An Econowatch special report on productivity (part three)