Clear the clutter – physical, mental, and emotional. Let’s first explore productivity. Productivity, simply put, is the ratio of output to input.  The higher the output compared to input, the higher that productivity is measured; however increasing productivity is more easily said than actually done. Not all output and input is easily quantifiable, especially personal effort, energy, and opportunity costs.  I often see and hear leaders use time as a measurement of input in the productivity equation. The hope is that, as more time is devoted to a project, the output will increase and therefore so will the productivity…