{"id":6340,"date":"2012-11-28T05:23:27","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T05:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beyondphilosophy.com\/?p=6340"},"modified":"2019-11-30T04:37:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-30T09:37:56","slug":"increase-productivity-in-the-employee-experience-hire-a-slapper-an-american-slapper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondphilosophy.com\/increase-productivity-in-the-employee-experience-hire-a-slapper-an-american-slapper\/","title":{"rendered":"Increase productivity in the employee experience: hire a slapper\u2026 an American slapper!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Increase productivity in the employee experience<\/p><\/div>\n

NPR (National Public Radio)<\/a> recently ran the story of Maneesh Sethi who literally hired someone to sit with and slap him (a slapper) each time he got off course while working virtually.\u00a0 The British version of the slapper may also have productivity effects but we\u2019ll leave that for another story.\u00a0 Maneeshi\u2019s slapper would physically slap him each time he looked at social media or some such thing rather than work. Maneesh reports that his productivity increased by 98%.\u00a0 He measured his productivity using an app called Rescue time.\u00a0 It measures how much time is spent on web sites you visit.<\/p>\n

Maneesh reported that he spent almost 19 hours in non-productive activity in a given week without his slapper representing 35-40% productivity.\u00a0\u00a0 When the slapper was on the job with Maneesh his productivity increased to 98% (i.e., he only spent about 1.5 hours unproductively).<\/p>\n

You might think it was the fear of the slap that resulted in the boost in productivity.\u00a0 Maneesh doesn\u2019t think so.\u00a0 He names the more coaching oriented stuff as ultimately responsible like having:<\/p>\n