how to help a jamaican come on time - time-based productivity via psychology and engineering

How to Help a Jamaican Come on Time

Time-Based Productivity via Psychology and Engineering

Francis Wade

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Context – Low Productivity

Every functioning adult uses time management techniques – a system of habits, practices and rituals

The Cracks

Time-based productivity lives in the cracks between academic departments

• Psychology? Sociology? Management? Engineering?

• Little research, no conferences, no journals, no departments, no funding, no follow-up work

Dr. Laurie-Ann Hellsten

2012 Literature Review

“Currently no universally accepted definition of time management”

“No agreement regarding the skills and behaviors that constitute time management”

“Between 1972 and 2007 the country’s labour productivity has been declining at an average annual rate of 1.5 per cent. ”

In Ecuador…

Participacíon Ciudadana, the civic group behind the (punctuality) campaign, reckons that

lateness costs Ecuador $724m (or 4.3% of GDP) each year.

We aren’t alone

Multi-Tasking

24/7 Information Overload

Distractions

YouTime can’t be managedSeen Jamaicans become

more productive after they migrate

Is this psychology?

Are very busy…

3 steps

• Understand “the atom” – A Time Demand• How to View / Understand it• How it’s Handled – research results

Perceived Control of Time?

Step 1 Prospective Memory

Implementation Intentions

DOUBLE

Memory Has Its Limits

Each Factory Has a “Widget”

What about time-based productivity?

The Widget: A Time Demand

An individual commitment to

complete an action in the future.

A time demand _______

…Is a discrete psychological object.…Includes the action to be taken.…Has a duration plus an estimated start / end time

(i.e. metadata).…Has some pseudo-physical properties.…Doesn’t bother us when it’s well managed.…Disappears once its completed.

The “Simple” ModelA Time Demand Moves Around

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Capturing

Emptying

Acting Now

Storing

Listing

Scheduling

Tossing

7 Fundamentals

The Advanced ModelA Time Demand Can’t Move!

It’s a Mental Object

Actions

In-action

Decisions

Interruptions

Habits

Time Demands

7 Fundamentals

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How to Help a Jamaican Come on Time?

Hypothesis:Once you know your

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