Still, the illusion that multitasking can aid productivity is powerful.
"Many companies, including Dow Jones, provide a car and driver to their busy CEOs to aid productivity and security," says Hoffman.
Early on, I learned to use the first spreadsheet program — a predecessor to Excel — and was struck by how technology could aid productivity.
John Philpott, the director of the Jobs Economist consultancy, said that while the post-Brexit period had proved calmer than many had previously thought, the prospect of leaving the EU was unlikely to aid productivity growth, which remains stuck at 0.4%.
The fact that the average children's book is quite a bit more slender than, say, some Robert Caro doorstop no doubt aids productivity: any single volume of Caro's three-volume-and-counting Lyndon Johnson biography would probably contain enough words to fill up thousands of children's books, if you could write a children's book with the word "cloture" in it that anyone would want to read.
But Samsung's special stylus adds some extra functionality that can aid productivity and enhance the Note 4 experience.
But, despite using digital tools to aid productivity, he found himself spending very little time working on anything important.
Much like Slack used to claim to aid productivity until it became a self-replicating, attention-sucking virus, comms technologies work until they break from overuse (and/or corporate growth targets…).
Third-tier friend Tom's views on why pink grapefruit is superior to white don't aid productivity; in fact, Tom's posts distract you from your job-seeking mission or, alternatively, from time spent with friends or family.
Comfort may aid productivity but, in this era of "Me, Inc". and "the Brand Called You," are flip-flops, sweats, jeans, and flashy or revealing clothing part of how you want to be judged?
