In a recent paper, the governor of the Central Bank of Barbados said that even though Barbados is relatively prosperous as a Caribbean nation, it will only move up the international ‘league table’ by improving its labour productivity.

He then suggested that this is difficult because only about 30% of the Barbadian workforce feels fully committed to their jobs.

I wondered how you productivity professionals out there felt about this … and whether you agree that that the systems, processes and procedures you put in place can be largely ineffective if workers are not ‘committed to their jobs’.