#microproductivity
micromanaging always leads to microproductivity
February 15, 2024 at 4:50 PM
The Forbidden Productivity Hack of Elite CEOs

💼 Tim Cook, Musk, and Zuckerberg use this:

“The 5-Minute Power Reset”

5:00 PM: Phone on grayscale.
5:05 PM: Write 1 priority for tomorrow.
Result: Clarity > 2-hour planning sessions.

#MicroProductivity
February 19, 2025 at 5:45 AM
U.S:New
@Stripe
Economics piece today about the recent firming of US productivity growth & AI's potential role in it.
TLDR: we're likely in a high-productivity period today, but the main driver *so far* is firms running their existing capital hotter, not microproductivity gains. /1
August 1, 2026 at 9:09 PM
RT @ernietedeschi: New @Stripe Economics piece today about the recent firming of US productivity growth & AI's potential role in it.
TLDR: we're likely in a high-productivity period today, but the main driver *so far* is firms running their existing capital hotter, not microproductivity gains. /1
July 24, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Use waiting time productively with a dedicated 'small tasks' list for 5-minute activities like quick replies, scheduling, or brief reviews. #MicroProductivity
June 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Monitoring my kids as toddlers was boring enough, monitoring AI is even worse! I developed #microproductivity to help myself multitask while watching my kids, but also explored its impact on self-driving car takeover: teevan.org/publications... #NewFutureOfWork #Slide35 aka.ms/nfw2023pdf#p...
February 6, 2024 at 3:10 PM
#AIOrchestration is about managing LLMs to optimize their performance. Microproductivity is about helping people manage complex tasks for similar ends. Both coordinate work by using AI to plan, track, and synthesize it. #Microproductivity == #HumanOrchestration? #Slide10 aka.ms/nfw2023pdf#p...
January 12, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Copilot began to scale in #Apr23, which meant a lot more work for the engineering teams but left me feeling strangely untethered. Shifting from execution to what’s next, I reflected on relevant older research (microproductivity, hybrid work, slow search): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
January 2, 2024 at 1:51 AM