<description> &lt;p&gt;Why should firms care about productivity? How does it add to the bottom line? What exactly drives productivity? And how can you get better at it? This episode is a conversation with three current and former business leaders talking about how they think about productivity, what it means to them, and what practical productivity measures their firms use.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Host Professor Bart van Ark is joined by:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Katy Davies&lt;/b&gt;, Managing Director of Evolve Your Future.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lou Cordwell&lt;/b&gt;, Special Advisor to the Office of the President and Vice-Chancellor at The University of Manchester and Professor of Innovation at the Alliance Manchester Business School.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Greg McDonald&lt;/b&gt;, Founder and Executive Chair of Goodfish.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;For more information on the topic:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Productivity Institute, (2024) &lt;a href="https://www.productivity.ac.uk/research/productivity-primer/" target="_blank"&gt;Productivity Primer: Why productivity matters for the economy, business and places&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kate Penney and Jim Pendrill (2022)&lt;a href="https://www.productivity.ac.uk/research/strategic-productivity-for-the-leadership-team/" target="_blank"&gt; Strategic Productivity for the Leadership Team&lt;/a&gt;, The Productivity Institute.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Productivity Institute,&lt;a href="https://www.productivity.ac.uk/podcast/business-dynamism-is-turbulence-good-for-productivity/" target="_blank"&gt; Business Dynamism: is turbulence good for productivity?&lt;/a&gt;, Productivity Puzzles Podcast, March 2024.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Productivity Institute,&lt;a href="https://www.productivity.ac.uk/podcast/government-policy-and-business-productivity-does-it-help-or-harm/" target="_blank"&gt; Government policy and business productivity: does it help or harm?&lt;/a&gt;, Productivity Puzzles Podcast, April 2024&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Productivity Institute,&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/should-we-worried-business-dynamism-the-productivity-institute-rp4qe/" target="_blank"&gt; Should we be worried about business dynamism?&lt;/a&gt;, blog.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Productivity Institute, &lt;a href="https://www.productivity.ac.uk/news/government-policy-and-business-productivity-does-it-help-or-harm/" target="_blank"&gt;Government policy and business productivity: does it help or harm?&lt;/a&gt;, blog.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;About Productivity Puzzles:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Productivity Puzzles is brought to you by &lt;a href="https://www.productivity.ac.uk/" target="_blank"&gt;The Productivity Institute&lt;/a&gt;, a research body involving nine academic institutions across the UK, eight Regional Productivity Forums throughout the nation, and a national independent Productivity Commission to advise policy makers at all levels of government. It is funded by the &lt;a href="https://esrc.ukri.org/about-us/strategy-and-priorities/productivity/" target="_blank"&gt;Economic and Social Research Council&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; </description>

Productivity Puzzles

The Productivity Institute

How do business leaders think about productivity?

MAY 30, 202453 MIN
Productivity Puzzles

How do business leaders think about productivity?

MAY 30, 202453 MIN

Description

<p>Why should firms care about productivity? How does it add to the bottom line? What exactly drives productivity? And how can you get better at it? This episode is a conversation with three current and former business leaders talking about how they think about productivity, what it means to them, and what practical productivity measures their firms use.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Host Professor Bart van Ark is joined by:</p> <p><br /></p> <ul><li><b>Katy Davies</b>, Managing Director of Evolve Your Future.</li><li><b>Lou Cordwell</b>, Special Advisor to the Office of the President and Vice-Chancellor at The University of Manchester and Professor of Innovation at the Alliance Manchester Business School.</li><li><b>Greg McDonald</b>, Founder and Executive Chair of Goodfish.</li></ul> <p><br /></p> <p><b>For more information on the topic:</b></p> <ul><li>The Productivity Institute, (2024) <a href="https://www.productivity.ac.uk/research/productivity-primer/" target="_blank">Productivity Primer: Why productivity matters for the economy, business and places</a>.</li><li>Kate Penney and Jim Pendrill (2022)<a href="https://www.productivity.ac.uk/research/strategic-productivity-for-the-leadership-team/" target="_blank"> Strategic Productivity for the Leadership Team</a>, The Productivity Institute.</li><li>The Productivity Institute,<a href="https://www.productivity.ac.uk/podcast/business-dynamism-is-turbulence-good-for-productivity/" target="_blank"> Business Dynamism: is turbulence good for productivity?</a>, Productivity Puzzles Podcast, March 2024.</li><li>The Productivity Institute,<a href="https://www.productivity.ac.uk/podcast/government-policy-and-business-productivity-does-it-help-or-harm/" target="_blank"> Government policy and business productivity: does it help or harm?</a>, Productivity Puzzles Podcast, April 2024</li><li>The Productivity Institute,<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/should-we-worried-business-dynamism-the-productivity-institute-rp4qe/" target="_blank"> Should we be worried about business dynamism?</a>, blog.</li><li>The Productivity Institute, <a href="https://www.productivity.ac.uk/news/government-policy-and-business-productivity-does-it-help-or-harm/" target="_blank">Government policy and business productivity: does it help or harm?</a>, blog.</li></ul> <p><br /></p> <p><b>About Productivity Puzzles:</b></p> <p>Productivity Puzzles is brought to you by <a href="https://www.productivity.ac.uk/" target="_blank">The Productivity Institute</a>, a research body involving nine academic institutions across the UK, eight Regional Productivity Forums throughout the nation, and a national independent Productivity Commission to advise policy makers at all levels of government. It is funded by the <a href="https://esrc.ukri.org/about-us/strategy-and-priorities/productivity/" target="_blank">Economic and Social Research Council</a>. </p> <p><br /></p>