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Productivity is the basis for quality of life as producing more value in an hour provides a higher standard of living or more free time. This blog is an investigation into the first principles of productivity. Check it out below.

4 Examples of the Hawthorne Effect

posted by John Spacey, today
An overview of the Hawthorne effect with examples.

44 Examples of Work Motivation

posted by John Spacey, today
An overview of work motivation with examples.

5 Examples of the Zeigarnik Effect

posted by John Spacey, today
An overview of the Zeigarnik effect with examples.

40 Examples of a Work Outcome

posted by John Spacey, yesterday
An overview of work outcome with examples.

27 Examples of Work Productivity

posted by John Spacey, yesterday
A list of work productivity techniques.

3 Examples of Parkinsons Law

posted by John Spacey, this week
The three business principles known as Parkinsons Laws.

52 Examples of Work Output

posted by John Spacey, this week
An overview of work output with examples.

62 Examples of Work Habits

posted by John Spacey, this week
A list of work habits.

Productivity Sitemap

posted by John Spacey, this week
Productivity sitemap

4 Types of Critical Design

posted by John Spacey, this month
An overview of critical design techniques.

What is Productivity?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
A definition of productivity.

What is a Minimum Viable Product?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of the term Minimum Viable Product.

Innovation vs Improvement

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
The key difference between innovation and improvement.

How to Calculate Productivity Rate

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
The formula for productivity rate with calculation examples.

12 Types of Proof Of Concept

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
The common types of proof of concept.

19 Innovation Principles

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
A list of common innovation principles.

Prototypes: Evolutionary vs Throwaway

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
The difference between evolutionary and throwaway prototypes.

21 Examples of Productivity

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
A list of productivity examples.

23 Examples of More With Less

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of more with less with examples.

7 Examples of a Process

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
The 7 types of process with examples of each.

98 Examples of a Capability

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
A list of capabilities.

42 Examples of Initiative

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of initiative with examples for professionals and students.

28 Examples of Personal Planning

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of personal planning with examples.

38 Examples of Planning

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of planning with examples.

3 Examples of Procedures

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
Full examples of procedures that can be used as a template.

3 Examples of a Personal Plan

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
Full examples of a personal plan that can be used as a template.

12 Types of Planning

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
The common types of planning.

4 Examples of a Checklist

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
Full examples of checklists that can be used as a template.

7 Examples of Productivity Management

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
The definition of productivity management with examples.

50 Examples of Routine Work

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
Examples of routine and non-routine work.

142 Examples of Work Attitude

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
A list of common work attitudes.

32 Examples of Low Productivity

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of low productivity with examples.

6 Examples of Employee Productivity

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
How to measure employee productivity with examples.

18 Examples of Delegation

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of delegation with examples.

64 Examples of Work Organization

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
An overview of work organization with examples.

40 Examples of Personal Organization

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
An overview of personal organization with a list of examples.

70 Examples of Organization

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
A list of common organization techniques.

20 Types of Productivity

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The basics of productivity.

19 Innovation Metrics

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
How to measure innovation including early stage, late stage and overall program metrics.

22 Types of Prototype

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
Common ways to prototype an idea, product, service, process or creative work.

54 Opposites of a Process

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The true opposites of process.

46 Opposites of Work

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
A list of opposites for work.

14 Types of Work

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The basic types of human productivity.

10 Examples of Cost Innovation

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The definition of cost innovation with examples.

27 Examples of Planning Skills

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
A list of planning skills with examples.

9 Examples of Productivity Goals

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
A list of common productivity goals and measurements with examples.

34 Words For Innovation

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
A list of synonyms for innovation and innovative.

14 Examples of a Proactive Approach

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The definition of proactive with examples.

3 Examples of an Assessment Plan

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
An overview of assessment plans for education with examples.

15 Examples of Attention Span

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The definition of attention span with examples.

9 Types of Self-Discipline

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The definition of self-discipline with examples.

9 Examples of Discipline

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The definition of discipline with examples.

5 Examples of Plans

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
An overview of different types of plans with full examples.

10 Types of Mockup

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The common types of mockup.

7 Types of Research & Development

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
A reasonably complete overview of research & development techniques.

17 Types of Speculative Design

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The definition of speculative design with examples.

26 Types of Design Fiction

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The definition of design fiction with examples.

9 Types of Work Ethic

posted by Anna Mar, a year ago
The definition of work ethic with examples.

7 Examples of Delegated Authority

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The definition of delegation of authority with examples.

9 Examples of an Adoption Rate

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The definition of adoption rate with examples.

12 Examples of Work Efficiency

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The definition of work efficiency with examples.

11 Examples of Productivity Improvement

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The definition of productivity improvement with examples.

What is the Idea Stage?

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The definition of the idea stage of innovation.

45 Steps of an Innovation Process

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
A complete guide to the innovation process.

30 Steps of an Innovation Management Process

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
A guide to the innovation management process.

What is Design Innovation?

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The definition of design innovation with an example.

What is Ship Often?

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
An overview of ship often.

20 Types of Design Innovation

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The common types of design innovation.

19 Examples of Business Innovation

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
A guide to business innovation with examples.

7 Examples of Customer Focus

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
A definition of customer focus with examples.

Why Fail Often Isn't Necessarily A Bad Idea

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
An overview of fail often innovation.

14 Types of Innovation Objectives

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The common types of innovation objectives with examples.

Innovation Guide

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
A comprehensive list of innovation techniques.

17 Types of Innovation

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The common types of innovation.

12 Examples of a Pilot

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The basic types of pilot used in business, science and entertainment.

3 Examples of Labor Productivity

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
How to calculate labor productivity with examples.

3 Examples of the Productivity Formula

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
How to calculate productivity with 3 examples.

What is New Revenue Rate?

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
A way to measure the revenue generated by innovation.

8 Examples of Productivity Metrics

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
A list of common productivity metrics.

7 Examples of a Bottleneck

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
A definition of bottleneck with several business examples.

5 Examples of a Testbed

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
A definition of testbed with examples.

7 Examples of User Innovation

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
A definition of user innovation with examples.

17 Examples of a Lead User

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
A definition of lead user with examples.

What is Time To Volume?

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
Overview of time-to-volume as a marketing metric.

What is Diffusion Of Innovation?

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
An overview of diffusion of innovation.

20+ Types of Business Experiment

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
A guide to business experiments.

What is Fail Well?

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The right and wrong way to fail.

What is Design For Scale?

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
An overview of design for scale.

What is Doing The Unstuck?

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
An overview of doing the unstuck.

What is Greenfield?

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
A project or initiative that is completely new without any constraints.

What is Innovation Culture?

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The role of culture in innovation.

What is Optimistic Drift?

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
An overview of optimistic drift.

What is Creativity Of Constraints?

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
How constraints stimulate creativity.

What is Naive Innovation?

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The problem with innovation motivated by innovation.

Invention vs Innovation

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The difference between invention and innovation.

What is Mise en Place?

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
An overview of mise en place.

Inventive Step vs Non-Obviousness

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
The difference between inventive step and non-obviousness.

What is Experiment Cycle Time?

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
How to measure the speed of early stage innovation.

What is Multitasking?

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
How multitasking fell from grace.

What is Open Innovation?

posted by John Spacey, a year ago
A few types of open innovation strategies.

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