In September 2026, with the midterm elections only two months away, Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson appealed to voters that the GOP-led Congress gets things done. For example, while ...

We’re busier than ever. We have a million “urgent” things vying for our attention: constant notifications, an incessant stream of emails, and endless meetings. Throw AI into the mix, and the ...

Employees want to work from home. Employers want them in the office. A new University of Iowa study suggests hybrid work may be an effective compromise. Researchers at the Tippie College of Business ...

In 1987, Nobel Prize–winning economist Robert Solow wrote, “You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.” The same could be said about AI today. Gartner projects ...

To realise the true value of AI, workplaces must decide how to make the best use of the time that has been saved. This reveals a paradox. AI clearly helps us work faster, but productivity gains do not ...

American workers are producing more output than in recent decades, but economists say artificial intelligence is not yet the primary driver of the surge. Creative Commons American workers are ...

Some countries don’t just work harder—they work smarter, at least on paper. When economists measure productivity using GDP per hour worked, they’re essentially asking: how much economic value is ...

No surprise: happy, optimistic people perform better. In fact, the most positive and optimistic soldiers were four times more likely to receive performance awards than the least positive and ...

new video loaded: Do A.I. Agents Actually Make You More Productive? transcript Can A.I. be useful while still allowing us to use our minds creatively? On this week’s episode of “The Ezra Klein Show,” ...

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It should not be surprising, but when people love their jobs, and are empowered to address problems, they are more productive. They may work late, go home exhausted, but are anxious to return the next ...

An HBR Executive Masterclass with Amy Gallo. by HBR Editors Most executive teams believe that harmony equals health. Meetings run smoothly. People nod along. No one pushes back. But according to Amy ...