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Monitored Workplace

Productivity and output are tracked to benefit both employers and employees

Implications - As the workforce becomes more digital, things like productivity and output can be easily measured and analyzed. This new-found ability to track and post information publicly benefits not only employers, but also employees, by offering a sense of accountability for both individuals and the team as a whole. As workplaces become more collaborative, a greater sense of accountability offer employees assurance and support.
Workshop Question - How can you increase employee accountability without excessively policing them, or implying a lack of trust?
Trend Themes
1. Workplace Monitoring - As the workforce becomes more digital, the ability to measure and analyze productivity and output is increasingly important.
2. Anonymized Workplace Apps - Anonymized apps like Blind provide a safe way for employees to raise issues and engage in conversations about sensitive topics.
3. Automated Peer Assessment Platforms - Platforms like Peergrade provide data-supported insights to educators regarding student performance and provide a better way to manage the peer review process.
Industry Implications
1. Human Resources - The use of monitoring tools and software to track and analyze employee productivity and output can be applied across all industries and businesses.
2. Education Technology - Automated peer assessment platforms like Peergrade enable educators to better manage the peer review process and provide data insights on student performance.
3. Productivity Apps - Apps like Milanote and FreshTeam enable professionals to better organize and manage their projects and teams, respectively.
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Featured Examples

Creative Professional Organization Apps
Creative Professional Organization Apps
'Milanote' is a Project Notes App That Culminates Content
Designed to help be the perfect visual workspace to get work done, the ‘Milanote’ project notes app is intended to be a place to put the pieces together as you work. ‘Milanote’... MORE
Work Performance Apps
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The BetterWorks Performance Tracker Increases Interaction via Apple Watch
This work performance tracker and smartwatch app enables bosses to monitor their employees’ goals. BetterWorks also lets companies track their teams in real-time using smartphones. Coming... MORE
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PayrollHero's New Feature Helps to Improve Employee Morale with Likes
PayrollHero has a number of features that are designed to improve employee morale, including a system that lets people clock in by singing their favorite karaoke song. Now, a new feature has been... MORE
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This Wearable Business Device Keeps Employees on Task
A business device that can accurately monitor the efficiency of employees is a CEO’s dream device. The Hitachi Business microscope by Hitachi will record a variety of factors when it comes to... MORE
Automated Peer Assessment Platforms
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Danish Startup Peergrade Helps Teachers Manage Peer Reviews
This peer assessment platform is an application of technology in education that empowers teachers to manage the peer review process and improve teaching methods. Based in Copenhagen, startup... MORE
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Crowdsourced Site InHerSight Wants to Eradicate Sexism in the Workplace
In an effort to get rid of sexism in the workplace, this website includes measurement tools enabling employees to anonymously review their companies’ treatment of women workers. Like... MORE
Employee-Tracking Platforms
Employee-Tracking Platforms
The FreshTeam App Allows Companies to Keep Up with Worker Locations
Keeping tabs on employees can be difficult when teams are often travelling for business, working out of office or visiting clients which makes the Fresh Team employee-tracking platform an ideal... MORE
Anonymized Workplace Apps
Anonymized Workplace Apps
This Anonymous App Helps You Complain About Work With Colleagues
Let’s face it—pretty much everyone gets off on complaining about their work or indeed venting about structural problems that aren’t being fixed, so why not do the same using the... MORE

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