The ExW is a work environment designed to scale productivity, innovation, and impact at an exponential rate, rather than through incremental or linear improvements. It leverages emerging technologies, agile structures, and a forward-looking mindset to enable individuals and teams to achieve outsized results with fewer resources (APO, 2022). The COVID-19 pandemic significantly transformed work styles, […]
The informal economy accounts for about 66% of total employment in the Asia-Pacific, involving approximately 1.3 billion workers (ILO, 2025). Despite its scale, it is often marked by low productivity, limited access to markets and finance, and exclusion from labor protection and formal policy support. Enhancing informal-sector productivity and reducing its share in the economy […]
This quarter’s Productivity Trends (P-Trends) session highlights the emerging signals shaping productivity between July and September 2025. Led by Dr. Tuomo Kuosa, Director of Futures Research at Futures Platform, Finland, the session distills thousands of foresight signals into eight productivity-shaping trends. These include experiments with shortened workweeks, AI-optimized power grids, and new climate resilience protocols. […]
