APQC research shows that the biggest barriers to productivity are structural: siloed teams, inefficient systems, lack of process clarity, and poor knowledge sharing. Employees are motivated to do good work—but the systems around them often make that harder than it should be. 

In Productivity Isn’t a People Problem: What the Data Really Shows, you'll discover: 

• Why productivity problems are rarely caused by people 

• Where productivity actually breaks down across organizations 

• How employees lose valuable time searching for information, recreating work, and navigating unclear processes 

• Why "fix the system, not the person" is a better approach to improving performance 

The takeaway is simple: Productivity is not ultimately about how hard people work—it's about how smoothly work moves.