Busywork and how to prevent it

For most people, quantity of work matters way more than quality -- and that likely (has to) hurt business productivity.

Busywork -- or "shallow work" -- is very common in first-world, white-collar enterprise companies. If we're being completely honest, some research has shown 7 in 10 employees have no idea what to do all day. Other research has shown 21.4 million middle managers add no economic value back to their companies, and still more has shown $15.5 million in lost…