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We spend a significant portion of our waking hours on our work, and “productivity” has become a ubiquitous term for workers, students, leaders, and more. But what exactly do we mean by “productivity”?

On 10th April, as part of the Cambridge Festival 2022, and Tyler Shores discussed whether productivity is necessarily the best means of thinking about our work, how productivity can or cannot be quantified, and the ways in which we can think about our sense of self beyond our work.

Gloria is Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. She received her PhD from Columbia University in psychology. She has been a visiting senior researcher at Microsoft Research since 2012. Her primary research interest is in understanding the impact of digital media on people’s lives and she is best known for her work in studying people’s multitasking, mood, and behaviour while using digital media in real world environments. She has published over 150 papers in the top journals and conferences in the fields of human-computer interactions (HCI) and computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), and is the author of the book Multitasking in the Digital Age.

Tyler is a Senior Research Associate at the Intellectual Forum, ��������, and the Manager of the ThinkLab Program within the Strategic Partnership Office at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses upon digital habits, distraction, productivity, and wellbeing. Prior to Cambridge, Tyler worked at Google in Mountain View, CA as part of Authors@Google, one of the world’s largest online lecture series. In addition, he has worked as a director of digital textbooks in the field of non-profit education, and most recently worked as a manager in online education at Stanford University.

The recording of the conversation is .