Productivity Definition Productivity is a measure of efficiency of a person completing a task – the efficiency of converting inputs into useful outputs. For example, the efficiency of the work and decisions you make to complete your daily ticklist. More technically productivity can be defined by dividing output (e.g. completing a project) by the total costs incurred or resources consumed (money, effort, psychological stress, etc) in a given period. Note that productivity isn’t the same as just working hard – it is a
