Productivity growth has slowed down in many economies since the global financial crisis of 2008. Despite advances in technology and investment in workforce training and development, productivity growth has remained low, puzzling economists and policymakers. Wages are stagnant or declining.
Traditionally technology has been the primary driver of productivity gain – and today technology is advancing at an exponential rate. So why aren’t we seeing the growth we would expect? Is it that too often technology in the workplace today is a distraction? Are there just too many tools? And what about the dark side of tech, such as employee surveillance? What is its impact on productivity?
In this episode international people operations partner Natasha Wallace discusses:
• Why it is so hard to solve the productivity puzzle
• What makes a highly productive organisation?
• New research which identifies the most important differences between high and low productivity organisations
• Are new ways of working helping or hindering productivity?
• Employee monitoring - a necessary evil or productivity shackle?
• Using technology to improve productivity
• The importance of a strong and inclusive culture
• Natasha's personal productivity tip
Natasha Wallace is the international people business partner at ClickUp, an all-in-one workplace productivity platform that flexes to the way that people want to work.
ClickUp is currently valued at $4 billion and has some 8 million users across 1.6 million teams. Natasha is part of the EMEA team, which has around 200 people and serves nearly 600,000 teams.
She’s worked in HR for nearly eight years, always partnering with technology-focused companies. Natasha says she likes to help scale regions in hypergrowth businesses. Prior to entering HR world she completed a law degree.