Visible Activity is often used as a [[Proxy Measures|Proxy]] for Productivity. This works well in traditional widget-production-type settings. Where additional hours on the assembly lines directly relates to produced assemblies. However, **visible activity is a crude proxy for productivity in knowledge work**. Performative business is completely unrelated to actual [[Business Value]]-producing actual _productivity_. It's often antagonistic to real-world impactful _work_. People who are constantly IMing or responding immediately to emails aren't doing the type of [[Deep Work]] necessary to move the needle. The problem is that [[Productivity in Knowledge Work is Hard to Define]]. **** # More ## Source - [[Slow Productivity]] ## Related