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…we have the potential to make these [knowledge work] efforts not only massively more productive, but also massively more fulfilling and sustainable.

Workers who produce steadily over a long period of time tend to be most successful in the long run.

…the productive worker and the smart machine are, in today’s labor markets, strong complements than before.

Rather than closing ourselves off to the world, we need to increase our domestic productivity and improve education…

Coaching is already remarkably important in our economy, and the high productivity of top earners will cause it to become essential.

Not only do good physical working conditions make getting the work done easier; it boosts worker morale and productivity because of the resect for workers that it conveys.

…wasted days [in endless departmental meetings with little discernable accomplishment]… are depressing for most workers at all levels.

…systematic studies of the performance of telecommuters show quite consistently that they are more productive – they produce a larger amount – than their counterparts in the office.

…in most cases of incompetence, there appears to be a definite wish to be productive. The employee would be competent if he could.

This is true startup productivity: systematically figuring out the right things to build.