#Productivity
Six in ten manufacturers say they’re getting less productive, not more
Nearly six in ten Australians working in food and beverage manufacturing, 58.4%, believe their organisation is becoming less productive, despite continued investment in workplace technology.
Orkas: Multi-Agent AI for Work Coordination
Orkas tool orchestrates specialist agents for complex work, creating various business artifacts through reusable workflows.
Orkas: AI Agent Platform for Business Workflow
Orkas AI platform streamlines complex tasks with specialist-driven workflows, data analysis, content production, and e-commerce support.
ChatGPT Dots: Proactive AI Assistants for Business
Introducing OpenAI ChatGPT Dots: Persistent AI agents for proactive tasks, research, data analysis, and more in business workflows.
Depth Map Generator: AI Depth Estimation
Depth Map Generator: AI tool converting images to grayscale depth maps for editing, compositing, and 3D workflows.
SideNote Pro: Native Windows 11 AI Assistant
Reduce context switching with SideNote Pro, a Windows 11 AI assistant for seamless AI operations alongside your tasks.
Acrobat Productivity Agent Transforms PDF Workflows
Adobe Productivity Agent in Acrobat transforms PDFs into interactive workspaces, streamlining document workflows for professionals.
Kanvly: AI-Powered Workspace for Project Collaboration
Kanvly: AI-powered workspace unifies project tracking, docs, scheduling, and presentations, aiding clarity, collaboration, and productivity.
CrewTower: Monitor & Control AI Coding Agents
CrewTower: Real-time macOS tool for overseeing AI coding agents, preventing stalled workflows and managing permissions efficiently.
Why most small businesses using AI still aren’t seeing productivity gains
Treasury has warned Australia could miss AI’s economic benefits, and COSBOA says 2.7 million small businesses need targeted support to catch up.
Federal Budget 2026: Why the Treasurer’s productivity bet on AI may not pay off
The Budget has a productivity package. But who is responsible for making it work inside your business? HiBob’s Anna Volkova on the leadership gap that could stall Australia’s AI ambitions.
Productivity gains from AI are real. So are the talent risks that come with them
Caitlyn McDonough of Gartner on the workforce consequences of AI adoption that small businesses need to anticipate now.
Finding the sweet spot: Balancing productivity and employee wellbeing
In the latest edition of Let’s Talk, our experts delve into strategies for achieving the optimal balance between productivity and mental well-being in the workplace.
Why building a stand-out team is the secret sauce to agency growth in 2021
Here’s valuable leadership advice for not only managing staff in agencies, but in businesses as a whole. Read on…
There’s a 72% drop in face-to-face collaboration at work, so how can Australian businesses still harness group productivity?
By: Andy Hurt, Managing Director, Poly ANZ A single great idea can change the world, but it takes many hands and minds working together to turn that great idea into a reality. Looking at our workspaces today – this rings true. It’s rare to find an office now that isn’t open plan, designed to harness the power […]
Why working from home can lead to better performance
Organisations need to have more trust in their employees.
Research: 52% of employees are distracted by mobile at work
Research shows that employees check their phones up to ten times a day.
You don’t need to know dark art to run efficient, productive business meetings
We’ve all been there. A meeting is scheduled, most people arrive on time, and then nothing happens for ten minutes. Well, to be precise, quite a bit happens, or doesn’t happen, as the case may be. Usually those first ten minutes are lost because the team are trying to find a free meeting space to […]
The huge gains of incremental improvements
It’s a sobering exercise to consider where Australia ranks when it comes to global productivity levels. When the OECD compares countries by GDP generated per hour worked, Australia scrapes in at just 14th in the world.[1] We’re lagging the likes of Ireland, Germany, France and the United States. So, what’s the reason for this lacklustre […]
As the mercury rises, so too does employee productivity, new Robert Half study shows
Around three in five managers expect employee productivity to rise during the summer months, according to research commissioned by specialist recruiter Robert Half. The survey of 460 hiring managers from small, medium and large companies across Australia found that a majority expect their staff to be “somewhat more productive” or “much more productive” (58%) throughout […]
Are you focused or stressed? The hidden costs killing productivity in Australian workplaces
In today’s Australian workplace, employers are increasingly asking workers to do more, with less. This increased demand is ubiquitous and is readily accepted as the norm, so it may be surprising to many business leaders, and their employees, that the pressure to overachieve is creating an epidemic of poor work performance. Across Australian businesses, the […]
Why productivity is down despite a plethora of tech tools and how you can reverse the trend
If your employees are like most Australians, they work fairly long hours. But you can’t assume that just because they’ re working more, more work is getting done. Long hours might mean they love what they do and want to give it their all . Or it could mean their day is full of productivity […]
What happened when we banned email for a day
I spent all of last week travelling around Australia with one of my clients. She heads up innovation at a top tier law firm and I’d been brought in to deliver innovation keynotes at all of the firm’s offices. In one of our taxi rides, the conversation turned to email. She told me she gets […]
Branson is Wrong: you CAN train for attitude
Richard Branson is right about many things…but he’s wrong about attitude. One of his famous observations was that “you can learn expertise and gain experience but attitude is inherent”. In other words, you can’t train for attitudes – you hire attitudes. I believe that view is now defunct. By failing to train for attitude, organisations miss out […]