Work more slowly…
The Human Resources field faces one of the most challenging tasks in any company: aligning the expectations of directors and senior executives with the day-to-day reality of teams and employees.
That is why a recurring topic on the agenda is how to increase team productivity in the most effective way possible.
The "more work, faster" philosophy has been present in companies since the Industrial Revolution and has become almost a mantra in the corporate world.
More recently, this has given rise to a new niche for technology companies.
That is why tools such as Slack, Trello, Zoom, and many others have become part of the daily lives of millions of people.
All of them share the mission of making work routines more organized and efficient, thereby increasing the productivity of companies and professionals.
The question is: is it working?
Research conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on workplace productivity has shown that we are not significantly more productive than we were 10 years ago.
Professionals are becoming only 1.4 percent more productive per year — the lowest growth rate in 3 decades, and the second lowest rate in a century.
We have never had so many productivity tools at our disposal, and yet this is not translating into more productive employees for companies.
A survey conducted by Dropbox — one of the companies born to make work more efficient — found that professionals do not actually want to do things faster; quite the opposite.
61 percent of them want to slow down in order to do their work better, and 41 percent want to work more to advance in their careers, not to be more effective or to improve the quality of their tasks.
According to a Deloitte survey, 47 percent of business leaders and HR managers are concerned that modern collaboration tools are not actually helping companies reach their goals.
In fact, they may be causing more interruptions and tension within teams — teams that are constantly stopping for meetings, urgent emails, messages on their phones, or notifications that need to be answered as quickly as possible.
Should we implement a slow job culture and give employees more time to complete their tasks with greater quality?
What resources does an HR professional need to motivate new generations of professionals and introduce new technologies into the workplace without causing friction within teams?
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