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The great illusion of technological productivity gains (including AI)

For more than half a century, each technological wave has been accompanied by the same promise: to produce more, faster and at lower cost. We heard it when microcomputers arrived in the 1980s, during the massive rollout of ERP systems in the 1990s, when the internet and then mobile technology burst onto the scene, and again today with artificial intelligence. It's always the same promise, always the same narrative of a historic breakthrough that is supposed to transform productivity. And yet history tells us something else. The gains appear later than hoped...

The great illusion of technological productivity gains (including AI)

For more than half a century, each technological wave has been accompanied by the same promise: to produce more, faster and at lower cost. We...

Are you familiar with Sauvy’s spillover theory on productivity gains?

When a business invests in tools, whether digital or not, it does so in the hope of becoming more efficient. The equation seems simple: by...

You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics (Robert Solow)

In 1987, Nobel Prize-winning American economist Robert Solow famously said: “ You can see the computer age everywhere, except in productivity statistics. This observation, known as...

Productivity: what if quality was the new quantity?

The notion of productivity has its roots in the Industrial Revolution, a time when increased yields thanks to mechanization transformed the way goods were...

The future of work will be based on data and continuous improvement

When we talk about the future of work, I always insist that we talk primarily about work and its content, not about what is...

Employees must follow the processes. Are you sure?

Processes are reassuring for the business because they allow it to rely on the system to avoid individual deviations. Indeed, since humans are a...

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