New Insights into Human Productivity

New movements in using analytics for managing human resources.  More on the acquisition of VoloMetrix by Microsoft.  New kinds of human insights.  This leads to the ability to understand and thus augment the system of jobs and tasks.  " ... VoloMetrix brings pre-implemented performance dashboards to the table that provide detailed breakdowns of how an employee allocates their work hours, including time spent collaborating with peers and, for salespeople, customer interactions. That data is overlaid against personal productivity goals each user can set individually to illuminate areas for improvement, such as meeting durations or the amount of attention given to high-value accounts. .... "