--- title: WorkforceOptimizer Blog | August 2018 description: August 2018 | Blog and thoughts sharing --- ![WorkforceOptimizer-logo-1](https://info.workforceoptimizer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/WorkforceOptimizer-logo-1.png?width=440&name=WorkforceOptimizer-logo-1.png)   [![bg17](https://info.workforceoptimizer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/bg17.png?width=2000&name=bg17.png "bg17")](https://workforceoptimizer.com/) ## [Why the marriage between Productivity and Technology is set to grow even stronger](https://info.workforceoptimizer.com/blog/why-the-marriage-between-productivity-and-technology-is-set-to-grow-even-stronger) Posted by [Audrey Wong](https://info.workforceoptimizer.com/blog/author/audrey-wong) on Aug 31, 2018 11:08:00 AM *Reading time: 1 minute* ![retail-home](https://info.workforceoptimizer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Friar_Tuck_April2018%20Theme/images/retail-home.jpeg?width=458&name=retail-home.jpeg)While it is no longer ground-breaking news that technology will bring about disruptive change to how we live and work, it is undeniable that it has transcended beyond being just another fad. In fact, the increasing frequency of this news encroaching into our conversations (whether you realize it or not), reflect that this disruptive change is only set to accelerate in the years ahead.     [Read More](https://info.workforceoptimizer.com/blog/why-the-marriage-between-productivity-and-technology-is-set-to-grow-even-stronger) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.workforceoptimizer.com/blog/why-the-marriage-between-productivity-and-technology-is-set-to-grow-even-stronger#comments-listing) Topics: [August 2018](https://info.workforceoptimizer.com/blog/tag/august-2018), [Workforce Optimizer](https://info.workforceoptimizer.com/blog/tag/workforce-optimizer) ## [Singapore’s Productivity Drive](https://info.workforceoptimizer.com/blog/singapores-productivity-drive) Posted by [Audrey Wong](https://info.workforceoptimizer.com/blog/author/audrey-wong) on Aug 29, 2018 2:04:00 PM *Reading time: 3 minutes* ![Singapore city skyline at night](https://info.workforceoptimizer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stock%20images/Singapore%20city%20skyline%20at%20night.jpeg?width=405&name=Singapore%20city%20skyline%20at%20night.jpeg) According to a [report](https://www.mti.gov.sg/ResearchRoom/SiteAssets/Pages/Economic-Survey-of-Singapore-2017/FullReport_AES2017.pdf) released Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) earlier this year, the overall labour productivity (as measured by real value-added per actual hour worked) increased by 4.5 per cent in 2017, up from the 1.8 per cent growth recorded in the previous year.   It may just seem that this stark improvement in labour productivity growth is a reflection on how industries have successfully been transforming in their journey of productivity development. [Read More](https://info.workforceoptimizer.com/blog/singapores-productivity-drive) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.workforceoptimizer.com/blog/singapores-productivity-drive#comments-listing) Topics: [August 2018](https://info.workforceoptimizer.com/blog/tag/august-2018), [Workforce Optimizer](https://info.workforceoptimizer.com/blog/tag/workforce-optimizer) ## [What is Workforce Optimization all about?](https://info.workforceoptimizer.com/blog/what-is-workforce-optimization-all-about) Posted by [Audrey Wong](https://info.workforceoptimizer.com/blog/author/audrey-wong) on Aug 27, 2018 12:14:13 PM * Reading time: 2 minutes* ![Close up of businessman touching icon of media screen](https://info.workforceoptimizer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stock%20images/Close%20up%20of%20businessman%20touching%20icon%20of%20media%20screen.jpeg?width=378&name=Close%20up%20of%20businessman%20touching%20icon%20of%20media%20screen.jpeg) Car-sharing, ePayments, Netflix, driverless cars. What do all these have in common?   These solutions were birthed out of a need to optimize existing solutions that were less efficient or less reliable, or to cater to new problems birthed out of how the world is transforming (think ageing population). Herein we see a trend, or arguably a need, for people to constantly find and develop solutions that would better the practices of the past. 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