Productivity

THE BROAD VIEW

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

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

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

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

Parts for various robots in Shenzhen. Innovation requires what economists call rents: abnormally large profits that more than compensate for innovators’ costs.

The enduring enigma of economic growth

When people have to make a choice about what to do next, they often pick the thing that seems achievable, even if that is not in their interests.
THE BROAD VIEW

Too many people are shockingly bad at prioritisation

More cancer survivors are returning to work, but many continue to cope with fatigue, “brain fog” and other lasting effects of treatment that remain largely unseen in the workplace.
BRUNCH

More cancer survivors are returning to work. Are employers ready to support them?

Elon Musk is among the tech executives that have referred to humans as “meat computers”.
NEWS ANALYSIS

To AI executives, we’re all just ‘meat computers’

What is increasingly needed is AI bilingualism: the ability to understand AI’s capabilities, limitations and risks.

The real AI race is for deployable talent, not models

Nonfarm productivity, which measures hourly output per worker, increased at a downwardly revised 1.8 per cent annualised rate last quarter.

US Q4 productivity growth revised sharply lower