Employees work - and work hard - for various reasons. Obviously there are contractual reasons - they take the money and have to 'put in the hours'. But above and beyond what they are contracted to, most employees put in 'discretionary effort' - over and above the minimum, perhaps because they like what they do,
Last week I talked about gamification - and whether it could be used to help improve productivity If you weren't thinking about it then, I hope you are now - Ambient research suggests that game-based learning will grow from $1.5 billion in 2012 to $2.3 billion in 2017. This is important. I am regularly int touch with productivity centres around the globe
A silver jubilee celebration was held for WAPS (World Academy of Productivity Science) in New Delhi, India. The Chief Guest was Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Honourableble Minister of Steel, Mines, Labour and Employment and the Guest of honour wasShri S. K. Srivastava, IAS, Secretary to the Govt. of India, Ministry of
We've heard quite a lot about 'gamification' recently - especially in the context of online learning. I read the term many times before I sought to understand it ... so I thought some of you might be in the same boat and would appreciate an executive summary'. If I'm right (after several minutes of research),
Recently a colleague was bemoaning the fact that he had taken a bad decision. When I questioned him about the decision, and about the outcomes, I formed the view that he had taken a 'correct' (or sensible) decision given the information he had available at the time. As an example, consider the decision to make
For about 10 years now wage increases in Germany have not kept up with the development of productivity, by a long stretch" said European Employment Commissioner Laszlo Andor in an interview with German newspaper Welt am Sonntag recently This, of course, makes Germany highly competitive compared to other European states. Is this a problem? Is this unfair?
When we make changes to (try to) improve productivity, we subsequently measure results and assess impact. (Or we should if we want to evaluate our own performance and impact.) However, in many complex situations, we cannot be clear that what we have done has resulted in the changes we observe. What would have happened if
In my recent discussions with PAPA (the Pan African Productivity Association), the topic of the Ebola virus came up. Just as Africa seems to have recovered from the great HIV/Aids crisis (having largely got the 'epidemic' under control), the continent is hit by another great health problem - likely to have severe implications for those
John Heap, President of WCPS, was in Mauritius as advisor to the National Productivity & Competitiveness Council. On this visit he has been involved in a number of projects involving support for SMEs - including one supporting small, women-only cooperatives. While there John gave a keynote presentation at a Board
Well, I’m here in Mauritius and I’ve been having an interesting time. I spent a few days with the Board of PAPA (the Pan African Productivity Association) discussing the productivity status and opportunities in Africa. Many of the productivity centres and champions are working under a range of funding, cultural and political constraints but there