Digitally enabled supply chains initially increased efficiency and dramatically shortened lead times. Capital was mobile; labor, less so. Economic activity (production, research,… — Michael Spence Copy Share Image
I calculated the total time that humans have waited for web pages to load. It cancels out all the productivity gains of… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
Nothing disturbs me more than the downward trend of productivity in our nation today. The consequences of a decrease in productivity are… — Robert S. Strauss Copy Share Image
Industrial man—a sentient reciprocating engine having a fluctuating output, coupled to an iron wheel revolving with uniform velocity. And then we wonder… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I try to be as efficient as possible because in my process, I think that actually helps the work. I like having… — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
I don't think America can just drill itself out of its current energy situation. We don't need to destroy the environment to… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
At work, conversation increases productivity. And yet people go into work, put on their headphones. In one interview, somebody called it -… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
When it comes to efficiency and effectiveness, I would always start with effectiveness. I am interested in achieving a certain outcome. Only… — Philip Kotler Copy Share Image
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
When I was director of the CIA, I knew that we had been - and I'm choosing my words very carefully here… — Michael Hayden Copy Share Image
“Man will always waste time if there is no system to check and compel him to invest his time. But if you… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“If you don’t convert your time into products, you will regret it. If you don’t multiply your life, you will soon find… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“If you can take ten thousand hours and divide it by the number of hours, you can concentrate and devote to repeatedly… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
New management at Nine has launched a concerted attack on its cost base in order to restore margins through eliminating waste, improving… — James Packer Copy Share Image
Most politicians are ever eager to regulate industrial and commercial activity and strike at the economic elite with confiscatory taxation. Unfortunately, regulation… — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
“coercive redistribution of wealth through government’s abuse of law and misapplication of rights destroys individual liberty; ambition, productivity, and wealth; and the… — Mark R. Levin Copy Share Image
“We have to complete both tracks. The track of liberation (moksha) and the track of the relative (vyavahaar; worldly interactions). There should… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“I always look at IQ and talent as representing the horsepower of the motor, but that the output—the efficiency with which that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Another study, of 38,000 knowledge workers across different sectors, found that the simple act of being interrupted is one of the biggest… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“There is no relationship between bliss and peace. Peace is dependent on the pudgal (Complex of intake and output; body complex) while… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The advantages of globalization are actually much like the advantages of technological improvement. They have very similar effects: they raise output in… — Gita Gopinath Copy Share Image
If we examine the accomplishments of man in his most advanced endeavors, in theory and in practice, we find that the cell… — Albert Claude Copy Share Image
“. . . . the materials for the nest must be collected and woven strand by strand . . . . Such… — Paul Harding Copy Share Image
“It would have been so much in accordance with the wisdom of life, which consists in putting out of sight all the… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
What's really clear to all of us in the business community is that GDP is slowing everywhere. And the reason is productivity… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
When I look at the many energy-using sectors - such as businesses, households, electricity generators, the transportation sector - I see that… — Fatih Birol Copy Share Image
Our society accepts the book as a given, but the act of reading -- once considered useful and important, as well as… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
The rise of the social web promised a new era of personalization for globe-trotting. But like many things born online, as popularity… — Jenna Wortham Copy Share Image
For most of the 20th century, we didn't just enjoy economic success in Michigan, we defined it. Our innovators and entrepreneurs created… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
Large carbon and resource savings arising from efficiency and renewable energy programmes will be completely cancelled out by the added resource needs… — Phil Harding Copy Share Image
“People who understand how to convert their time into useful products do not complain of boredom. They have too many important tasks… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“It’s not about getting out of your comfort zone to reach your goal. It's about widening your comfort zone so far that… — Richie Norton Copy Share Image
People in red states and blue states can agree that we are a nation blessed with extraordinary natural wealth and beauty, which… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
I believe productivity is a deeply personal thing. We all have different brains and, therefore, different preferences, perspectives, and situations where we… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“Our current society is designed to achieve growth of industrial output and redistributing its spoils. Future society must expand upon today’s society’s… — Hanzi Freinacht Copy Share Image
First and foremost, energy efficiency is a major lever for reducing CO2 emissions along all parts of the energy chain - from… — Joe Kaeser Copy Share Image
I'm very ordered and efficient, with my life chopped up and diarised into manageable chunks, including time for relaxing. I couldn't do… — Cathy Newman Copy Share Image
“It doesn’t matter how long you live on planet earth, if by the time your whole life has evaporated, you have not… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Uber is efficiency with elegance on top. That’s why I buy an iPhone instead of an average cell phone, why I go… — Travis Kalanick Copy Share Image
I am certain that the United States next year, under a new president - regardless whether it's Obama or McCain - will… — Sigmar Gabriel Copy Share Image
