Productivity Questions

“Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.” – Franz Kafka

If you have no particular productivity pain on your mind, we will go through some of these questions to find out how to make your life easier! Also, no need to answer all of them!

Efficiency

What keeps you from being more efficient at work?
Why can’t you do more of what you do?
Which tasks feel like they are a drag?

Effectiveness

What limits you from doing your job the right way?
Which tasks are the most pointless?
What annoys you about working with competitive products? What is your experience like with each of them?

Financials

Where are you spending too much on tools?
Where are you spending too much on consulting?
What is your budget for software tools?
What is your budget for outsourcing work?

Reputation

What parts of your skill set do you need to work on?
Which parts of your job do you hesitate to start?
How do you show your colleagues that you’re an expert?

Empowerment

How can you help other people succeed?
Do you share success?
Is lifting up people something you are expected to do?

Accomplishment

How do you celebrate your victories?
How much do others see of your work?
What’s in the way of your next big success?

Advancement

What would it need for you to climb the career ladder one more step?
Where do you want to be professionally?
How can you reach financial security and stability?
Where do you see yourself growing toward?
What challenges did you have in your professional career so far?
What challenges do you have in your professional career at this point?

Avoidance Detection

What part of your job do you loathe?
What tasks do you delegate the most?
What tasks should not be part of your work?
Is there anything that seems utterly needless in your day-to-day work?
If you wanted to shock the whole industry, what would you change about it?

Problem Awareness

Which is your most pressing problem?
Which is your most painful problem?
Which is your most tedious problem?