The vast majority of productivity articles have two traits:
1. They are anecdotal, and reference other anecdotal articles for evidence
2. They focus exclusively on how an individual should be productive.
Keeping the first in mind, their accuracy is dubious at best. Real experiments and studies on "productivity" are harder to find and worth more.
And as for the second... there's only so much an individual can accomplish alone. The most efficient gear in the world can only do so much for the machine as a whole. There is more to be gained by improving the productivity of groups rather than individuals.
1. They are anecdotal, and reference other anecdotal articles for evidence
2. They focus exclusively on how an individual should be productive.
Keeping the first in mind, their accuracy is dubious at best. Real experiments and studies on "productivity" are harder to find and worth more.
And as for the second... there's only so much an individual can accomplish alone. The most efficient gear in the world can only do so much for the machine as a whole. There is more to be gained by improving the productivity of groups rather than individuals.