Productivity in knowledge work is broken.
But this isn’t the end of the story. It’s time for the new generation to take over.
Let's ditch the industrial mindset.
The tools are here.
The freedom is here.
The only question is—what will we build with it?
Productivity in knowledge work is broken.
But this isn’t the end of the story. It’s time for the new generation to take over.
Let's ditch the industrial mindset.
The tools are here.
The freedom is here.
The only question is—what will we build with it?
This isn’t just a problem. It’s an opportunity.
The old system is dead.
Now, we get to rewrite the rules.
- Not for activity.
- Not for hours.
But for actual value creation.
This isn’t just a problem. It’s an opportunity.
The old system is dead.
Now, we get to rewrite the rules.
- Not for activity.
- Not for hours.
But for actual value creation.
But knowledge work is invisible.
You can’t measure it by hours or emails.
Only results/outcomes matter.
But knowledge work is invisible.
You can’t measure it by hours or emails.
Only results/outcomes matter.
Remote work blew it up.
No desks. No managers walking by.
Just endless notifications to prove you’re working.
Remote work blew it up.
No desks. No managers walking by.
Just endless notifications to prove you’re working.
Offices hid the flaw.
You could show up, stay late, and look busy.
Then came emails, Slack, laptops.
Offices hid the flaw.
You could show up, stay late, and look busy.
Then came emails, Slack, laptops.
Knowledge work changed that.
It moved from factories to minds.
But we kept measuring it with industrial metrics—activity.
Knowledge work changed that.
It moved from factories to minds.
But we kept measuring it with industrial metrics—activity.
Industrial work was simple—output was visible.
Crops harvested. Goods produced. Hours worked.
Industrial work was simple—output was visible.
Crops harvested. Goods produced. Hours worked.