Productivity Hindrances: the demand you can control
Not all workload comes from the amount of work.
Broken systems, unclear processes, poor information flow, unnecessary meetings and slow approvals all consume capacity without making the actual work disappear.
Productivity hindrances are the friction around the work. And when that friction rises, work overload, cognitive demand and emotional demand rise with it.
When people say they’re overloaded, that tells you there’s pressure. It doesn’t tell you what is creating it.
When people report high workload, the obvious conclusion is that there is too much work.
Sometimes that’s exactly right.
But sometimes people are losing time and capacity to the systems, processes, approvals, meetings and communication channels surrounding the work.
And sometimes both are happening at once.
That distinction matters because the controls are different.
In this webinar, Sean Fyfe and Ben Evans unpack what Mibo’s data shows about productivity hindrances, how they relate to job demands, and where organisations can act.