the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
Economics. the rate at which goods and services having exchange value are brought forth or produced: Productivity increased dramatically last year.
Grammar. the ability to form new words using established patterns and discrete linguistic elements, as the derivational affixes -ness and -ity.
production number, production platform, production well, productive, productive cough, productivity, productivity bargaining, product liability, product life cycle, product line, product mark
The tyranny of Slack notifications on top of that is damaging to sanity — never mind productivity.
‘It can take on a panopticon effect’: Slack’s presenteeism problem grows with no end in sight for remote work|Lucinda Southern|August 28, 2020|Digiday
Subseasonal forecasts can also help farmers improve productivity in regions such as western Africa, says Shraddhanand Shukla, a climate scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Improved three-week weather forecasts could save lives from disaster|Alexandra Witze|August 27, 2020|Science News
Minor productivity losses are not worth risking employees’ and communities’ health.
I’m a physician and a CEO. Why I won’t bring my employees back to the office before Labor Day 2021|matthewheimer|August 26, 2020|Fortune
The company, which makes workplace productivity software, was started by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz.
Asana files for direct listing amid slew of software IPOs|Verne Kopytoff|August 24, 2020|Fortune
In a country where most men and women work even when they have children, having child care is inextricably linked to economic productivity — and not having it often hurts women most.
Why It Took So Long For Politicians To Treat The Child Care Crisis As A Crisis|Clare Malone (clare.malone@fivethirtyeight.com)|July 16, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
What designer West lacks in productivity, he more than makes up for in pure, unadulterated confidence and blind anger.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s Balmain Campaign: High Fashion Meets Low Culture|Amy Zimmerman|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In this scenario, productivity will rise, but wages may stagnate or decline.
In the Future We'll All Be Renters: America's Disappearing Middle Class|Joel Kotkin|August 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The CEO describes the company as a “productivity and platform company.”
Bill Gates’ Internet Doomsday Prophesy Comes True|Kyle Chayka|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Job performance seems to be less affected by drug testing, with 19 percent of companies reporting an increase in productivity.
Are We Addicted to Drug Testing?|Abby Haglage|May 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If you want to increase your productivity, light can play a big role.
Change Your Sense: Biohacking for Beginners|Ari Meisel|March 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Productivity does not of itself create a right to the product.
Distributive Justice|John A. (John Augustine) Ryan
This book marked the turning-point of the Bologna school, after which its productivity lessened.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
These are not sharply marked changes, but throughout all there is a growth of security, of certainty, and of productivity.
The Principles of Economics|Frank A. Fetter
Opening a field for a profitable export trade increases the productivity of labor at home and tends to attract immigration.
Essentials of Economic Theory|John Bates Clark
The test of productivity, of economic reality in material facts, is the increase of nutritive material.
The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other Essays|Thorstein Veblen
British Dictionary definitions for productivity
productivity
/ (ˌprɒdʌkˈtɪvɪtɪ) /
noun
the output of an industrial concern in relation to the materials, labour, etc, it employs
fertility, production, capacity, yield, abundance, productiveness, potency, fecundity, richness, mass production
Cultural definitions for productivity
productivity
In business, a measure of worker efficiency, such as one hundred units per hour. In economics, involvement in the creation of goods and services to produce wealth.