What is productivity, honestly?

Do we even know? And is it really an organization's place to determine the term?

Just to get the elephant out of the living room quickly: to an executive, all these words mean the same thing: "He/she makes money." That's it. Productivity means that. Innovation means that. Entrepreneurship means that. Engagement means that. There is no other definition, really, aside from "This person makes money."

This is a surprisingly nuanced and c…