Productivity

The pleasure of leisure: Finding value in disengaging from our pursuits, every now and then

If we are constantly filling our days with things to do, instead of small nothings like daydreaming or looking out the window, we are stifling the very source of our creativity and imagination.

India among large emerging market sovereigns to have highest debt burden by 2021, says Moody's

Despite steps toward the resolution of high non-performing loans, the banking system continues to suffer from weak asset quality, and low loan-loss coverage and capital adequacy, it added

The value of 'crip time': Discarding notions of productivity and guilt, to listen to the rhythms of our bodies

Time as a concept is something I felt deeply conflicted about. Was I wasting time by staying in bed for so many hours? Discovering and reading more about ‘crip time’ has helped me navigate this grief a bit better | Srinidhi Raghavan writes in her column, 'Bodies Minds'

On losing offices — the last boundary between work and home — amid coronavirus outbreak

The value of the office, the last boundary between work and home, temporarily lost because of the coronavirus pandemic

Re-thinking productivity during the pandemic: Forced busyness is toxic; the will to achieve things must be organic

Capitalist culture has created an illusion of productivity by falsely connecting it with happiness. In such a system, if one isn't productive, one doesn't deserve to be content.

Re-thinking productivity during the pandemic, countering a culture obsessed with being 'useful'

In a more well-adjusted world, we would not expect ourselves to be constantly productive during a pandemic. But our world is dysfunctional at best, and we need reminders about how we’re not working from home but rather "at home during a crisis, trying to work", to stop feeling disappointed in ourselves

Coronavirus Outbreak: Fall in productivity single biggest concern among many firms, reveals EY survey

As many as 72 percent of organisations believe the impact of coronavirus pandemic will be felt beyond six months and the single biggest concern for continued remote working is fall in productivity, according to a survey by consultancy and advisory services provider EY

Working from home? Here are remedies to some tech headaches you are bound to face

The biggest lesson for working from home: Less is better, especially fewer gadgets and fewer work apps.

Coronavirus-related or otherwise, here's why working from home is highly overrated

Research found the ideal amount of work-from-home time is 1 1/2 days per week — enough to participate in office culture along with time for work.

Microsoft says 4-day work weeks, other reforms boost sales in overworked Japan; new system cuts costs too

In a country notorious for overwork, Microsoft Japan trialled a radical idea: working less and it found that four-day weeks and other reforms both boosted sales and cut costs