A General Theory of Productivity

It's a model based on effectiveness, not efficiency.

The question "Why am I productive?" very rarely comes up when we're talking about productivity. Usually, it's when we're not productive that we ask why we're not being productive. Asking the question in the negative like that often gets us to quick fixes, but very often does not answer it in a way that's helpful.

Here recently, I've been thinking a lot a…