Technology disruption typically affected blue-collar occupations. Now white-collar workers may feel the brunt of changes.
Category: Productivity
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A.I. Can’t Build a High-Rise, but It Can Speed Up the Job
Developers are embracing artificial intelligence tools like drones, cameras, apps and robots, which can reduce the timelines and waste that have made construction increasingly costly.
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Heat Is Costing the U.S. Economy Billions in Lost Productivity
From meatpackers to home health aides, workers are struggling in sweltering temperatures and productivity is taking a hit.
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Return to Office Enters the Desperation Phase
The next stage of getting workers back at their desks includes incentives like $10 to the charity of their choice — and consequences like poor performance evaluations if they don’t make the trek in.
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Bringing A.I. Tools to the Workplace Requires a Delicate Balance
Move too slowly, and risk getting left behind. Move too quickly, and neither the staff nor the technology may be ready.
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Cómo acabar con las juntas interminables
Algunos gerentes están hallando nuevas formas de ayudar a sus empleados a recuperar tiempo, incluidos los días obligatorios sin reuniones.
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Meet the Return-to-Office Whisperers
A niche group of consultants is trying to get you back to the office. It’s not going too well.
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Corporate America Tries to Free Itself of Meeting Creep
Blocked-off days, the ability to opt out of anything and other ways managers are trying to reclaim time.
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Tinkering With ChatGPT, Workers Wonder: Will This Take My Job?
The New York Times – Business:Artificial intelligence is confronting white-collar professionals more directly than ever. It could make them more productive — or obsolete.
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Trial Run of 4-Day Workweek Wins Converts
The New York Times – Business:Of 61 British companies that participated in a pilot program, 56 said they would continue. Both employers and employees reported benefits.
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Wave of Job-Switching Has Employers on a Training Treadmill
The New York Times – Business:The rise in turnover since the pandemic started has a cost in productivity: “It’s taking longer to get stuff out the door.”
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How a Sprawling Hospital Chain Ignited Its Own Staffing Crisis
The New York Times – Business:Ascension, one of the country’s largest health systems, spent years cutting jobs, leaving it flat-footed when the pandemic hit.