Pink is the author of four provocative bestselling books about the changing world of work. Personal Productivity (14). February 10th, 2011. Can a 5-minute exercise double your productivity? Trackback: Purple Pointr on February 12, 2011. Speaking Agent on February 10, 2011. Nate on February 10, 2011. MORE >>

Or, better said, I am ready to free up myself from those people who control both of those environments to get the most out of us, but at our very own costs; in most cases, our very own energy, efforts, and truly hard work, while they just sit there and wait for it to happen, because they know it will happen eventually. Or both! of years! MORE >>

In fact, I’d say that of all the learningexperiences in my life, m-learning has been the most productive. Young people notdriving Isn’t it interesting that, accordingto the University of Michigan, the number of US 17 year olds with a drivinglicence has fallen from 69% in 1983 to 50% in 2011? I’m a mobile learner. How so?Learning MORE >>

Similarly, I could purchase a house for $500k that was a great value pre-2008 and is suddenly a terrible value in 2011. Some of these contextual entities relate to input costs such as the materials needed to build a house, while others relate to intangibles such as the appeal of a particular neighbourhood. Value is a fuzzy concept. MORE >>

recent analysis in the CYBEA Journal looked at profit-per-employee 475 of the S&P 500, and the results were astounding: As you triple the number of employees, their productivity drops by half ( Chart here ). This “3/2 law” of employee productivity, along with the death rate for large companies, is pretty scary stuff. Right? MORE >>