Strategic Productivity: Unlocking the UK’s Productivity Potential

How do different leaders within a firm think about productivity? This can vary significantly between the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Human Resources Officer, and the Chief Information Officer. How do they work with their teams on productivity-related issues? What are the opportunities and barriers they face? Host Professor Bart van Ark is joined by: Irena Teneva, Associate Director of Research & Development team at AICPA/CIMA, which amalgamates the American Institute of Certified Professional Accounts and the UK Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Nina Jörden, Research Associate at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge and a member of The Productivity Institute. Marion Devine, Principal Researcher in Human Capital at The Conference Board Europe. For more information on the topic: The Productivity Institute, (2024) Productivity Primer: Why productivity matters for the economy, business and places . Kate Penney and Jim Pendrill (2022), Strategic Productivity for the Leadership Team , The Productivity Institute. Bart van Ark and Marion Devine (2024) Productivity Through People: New Opportunities for CHROs , The Productivity Institute and The Conference Board. Nina Jörden, Wolé Adaramoye and Gerard Kuenning (2024), Navigating the Productivity Paradox: Strategic Insights from Chief Information Officers , Productivity Insights Paper No. 037, The Productivity Institute. Irena Teneva and Bart van Ark (2025), Unlocking Productivity: Collaborative Synergies for Chief Financial Officers, The Productivity Institute - available soon. AICPA & CIMA (2023), The role of finance professionals in driving productivity . Strategic Productivity – Short Business Course , Alliance Manchester Business School in collaboration with The Productivity Institute. About Productivity Puzzles: Productivity Puzzles is brought to you by The Productivity Institute , a research body involving nine academic institutions across the UK, eight Regional Productivity Forums throughout the nation, and a national independent Productivity Commission to advise policy makers at all levels of government. It is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council .

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