Many business leaders think that a stricter return-to-office policy will cause a surge in productivity. But in reality, the data tell a different story. Across practitioner reports and peer-reviewed ...

Chameleons change their color to blend in. The Great Wall can be seen from space. Productivity growth comes from thousands of firms adopting the latest technologies and processes. All sound ...

Productivity growth is the key mechanism that allows the U.S. economy to expand above its long-run trend without reigniting inflation. Recent data show U.S. nonfarm business productivity rising 4.9% ...

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U.S. labor productivity growth has been on the rise in recent years, gaining an average of 2.2% a quarter since 2023 due to public and private investments, new business formation, and surging ...

As more businesses begin to experiment with AI and consider how it might improve their profitability, debates about the implications for workers have intensified. In the United States, the apparent ...

The timeline for an AI productivity boom will be “inherently slow” and “fraught with risk,” according to the country’s most powerful economic institution. Reading time 4 minutes Generative AI is not ...

Businesses that undergo big jumps in productivity (value added per worker) tend to make one or more of five key bold strategic moves rather than gradually adjust their approaches over time. That's ...

It seems obvious that if a business invests in automation, its workforce – though possibly reduced – will be more productive. So why do the statistics tell a different story? In advanced economies, ...