We live in an age of instant gratification. 280-character posts on Twitter or X, as we now call it. Short-form vertical videos that barely register as they flicker across our retinas. Global news reduced to political soundbites and clickbait headlines.
I read just such a headline yesterday. It came out of Australia and it stopped me in my tracks.
“BHP says the return of unions is the definition of unproductive.”
For those unfamiliar, BHP is a mining giant. In this instance, they’re talking about extracting iron ore in Western Australia. And they know a thing or two about productivity. Australian mines are finely tuned machines; extracting as much as possible, for as little as possible. Productivity is their middle name. It’s in their DNA.
So when the world’s biggest mining company starts publicly fretting about a potential loss of productivity, people pay attention.
But here’s the thing. There’s more to this story than a single line in a press release.
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