In an effort to combat the rise of time-theft, global tech firm Infobit Consulting recently convened a weeklong series of meetings to tackle the issue head-on. The so-called “It’s Time To Work” conference was organized in cooperation with leading efficiency experts, industry gurus and AGILE consultants, with the aim of creating accountability, boosting productivity, and eliminating inefficiencies during work hours.

The meetings, which spanned eight hours a day over six days, involved lectures on time management, breakout discussions on optimal productivity workflows, and lengthy brainstorming sessions on how to reduce distractions. Attendance was mandatory for all employees, from junior staff to senior managers.

“Time-theft is a really serious problem,” explains productivity coach John Vadakar. “Nowadays, more and more employees think that they are entitled to just do nothing all day, while others have to pick up the slack. As a company, we’ll either have to put a stop to it, or go out of business.”

Infobit Consulting leadership has hailed the conference as a success, and believes that employee productivity will “explode” in the coming weeks.

“Some of the ideas we got are just sheer genius,” says Infobit CEO Michael Rajavade. “For example, from now on, every department will hold a daily 15-minute productivity session, where employees discuss how they improved their productivity throughout the day. We are also going to introduce a new efficiency tracking hub, in which employees record all their activities, so that we can better analyze how people are spending their time at work. From now on, it’s practically impossible for our workers to slack off, no matter where they are.”

As Infobit has fully committed itself to the productivity-revolution, upper management today announced that it would hire an additional 50 staff, consisting of middle managers, efficiency coaches, SCRUM masters, HR mangers, and external consultants.

The results and achievements of these productivity-boosting measures will be reviewed at next year’s “It’s Time To Work 2” conference.

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