Productivity

The AI boom has a fertility problem

2026-11-05T08:23:10.000Z
A company implementing AI to boost productivity should explain how the business will benefit and how employees can participate.

AI productivity gains should be shared with employees

2026-11-04T23:00:00.000Z
Speaking at the panel were (from left) Insead Thrive Lab’s academic director and panel moderator Winnie Jiang; the manpower ministry’s deputy secretary for workforce Kenny Tan, Google DeepMind’s head of organisational AI research Martin Gonzalez, and Insead’s professor of strategy Phanish Puranam.

AI may boost individual productivity but undermine workplace innovation: panellists

2026-10-30T10:49:27.000Z
Few firms have examined technology’s impact on their workforce, and whether the changed environment is working for the people it was built around.
THE BROAD VIEW

The productivity question that digital investment has yet to answer

2026-09-25T04:00:00.000Z
Annual growth in output per hour had risen to an average of 1.1 per cent over the two years to the end of June 2026, according to the Resolution Foundation think tank. 

UK productivity showing sustained improvement: economists

2026-08-24T01:46:33.000Z
When labour becomes more productive, competition for workers should push up wages. 

Why wages and productivity look set to diverge further

2026-07-27T06:08:30.000Z
AI is not making intelligence obsolete. It is making the traditional signals of proficiency unreliable.
THE BROAD VIEW

AI is making talent invisible – that is a problem for organisations

2026-06-26T23:00:00.000Z
Kevin Warsh (above) is taking the reins of the Fed after five years of above-target inflation – unlike the virtuous circle Greenspan inherited.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Greenspan’s stumbles hold lessons for Warsh’s Fed

2026-06-23T10:00:00.000Z
Those whose employers actively discourage the use of AI at work have the lowest mental health score.
HEALTH & WELLNESS

Singapore workers experiencing rising anxiety; signs of fallout from pressure to use AI

2026-06-17T05:16:30.000Z
Workers displaced by AI could create new businesses, pursue artistic interests, set up social enterprises or launch community initiatives.
SENSE & CENTS

Scenario of AI-driven jobless economic growth need not scare investors and society

2026-06-16T06:15:04.000Z