{"id":1304,"date":"2012-12-02T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-02T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/analytics_thinking_workforce_120212\/"},"modified":"2012-12-02T11:20:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-02T11:20:00","slug":"analytics_thinking_workforce_120212","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/analytics_thinking_workforce_120212\/","title":{"rendered":"Can we ever get back to the “thinking” workforce?"},"content":{"rendered":"
For a long while now, I have privately been concerned about the negative impact modern work culture is having on the disintegration of work ethics within many of today’s firms. \u00a0Many workers, whose jobs once forced them to think<\/em> and focus<\/em>, have today become reactive, easily-distracted and operational. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
It first dawned on me about a decade ago, when I was enjoying one of those rare “in between jobs” periods, that I was still<\/em> able to spend my whole day absorbed<\/em> in front of my laptop. \u00a0Let’s be brutally honest here – people think they are “at work” as long as they are sitting in front of their computer screen. \u00a0Peoples’ obsessions with their favorite news pages, blogs, social sites and their 3+ email accounts has disintegrated work productivity for so many.<\/p>\n
Too many office staff today have lost their focus and analytical value to their firms<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
How many people reading this blog are able to turn off their email for at least an hour, so they can focus on whatever work activity they need to finish? \u00a0How many workers have become mentally lazy, preferring the cerebral chewing gum of short-term attention span theater than actually having to read, learn and think<\/em>? \u00a0How many people have evolved from problem-solvers to passive\u00a0information\u00a0jockeys, doing little more than responding to emails, passing on instructions, or forwarding along information someone else produced… with little (or no) value added by themselves? And how are<\/em>\u00a0you supposed to focus on being good at your job when you can’t concentrate on any one activity for more than five minutes, being \u00a0expected to respond to emails as soon as you receive them?<\/p>\n