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        "msgid": "shifting-productive-time-from-working-hours-1775656324",
        "date": "2026-04-05 11:43:55",
        "title": "Shifting Productive Time from Working Hours",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Business",
        "summary": "This opinion piece explores the philosophical and practical dimensions of time management in the modern workplace, emphasising how the advent of artificial intelligence and evolving technologies are transforming traditional working hours into more flexible, productivity-focused periods. It argues that defining clear time boundaries with conditions is essential for organisations to optimise resources, achieve goals, and foster continuous improvement, regardless of profit orientation. Ultimately, the article underscores the need for commitment, professionalism, and integrity to harness human potential in dynamic ecosystems, enabling sustained growth and refinement of processes.",
        "content": "<p>Demi Masa! A simple phrase that holds profound meaning if we reflect\non it for a moment. Time or \u2018masa\u2019 is often associated with units of\ntravel, movement, journey, transition, and process. Time or \u2018masa\u2019 is\nalso frequently paired with space. In a material approach, space cannot\nbe separated from time and tends to be non-independent.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike space, time or \u2018masa\u2019 is capable of being independent,\nstanding on its own without space; time or \u2018masa\u2019 can penetrate space\nand barriers confined by length times width times height, into an\nboundless world of imagination.<\/p>\n<p>Time consistently moves forward without regard for the barriers of\nspatial desires, emotions, and forgiveness. Even if it moves backward,\ntime only recounts history, folktales, and folk stories that cannot be\nchanged unless rewritten in a new version.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, time becomes crucial if not managed well. Some say we must\nnot waste time; others advise that to shorten time, avoid being too\nverbose; there are also warnings not to let ourselves be swallowed by\ntime.<\/p>\n<p>Often, we encounter advice in the form of \u2018let time be the answer\u2019\nbecause hope will arrive in due time. Time is indeed very mysterious and\nposes riddles that require us to remain vigilant without overthinking,\nwhich is why it is called mysterious.<\/p>\n<p>In essence, time exists as long as the Earth\u2019s rotation and\nrevolution continue, bringing shifts between day and night, sunrise and\nsunset. The processes of rotation and revolution were then measured by\nthe ancient Sumerians and Babylonians (circa 2400 BC) into seconds,\nminutes, hours from months and years, later refined by subsequent\nscientists.<\/p>\n<p>At the very least, these time parameters are known to the general\npublic to this day. The length or shortness of time is a matter of\nperception and conception built from the inner feelings and atmospheres\nof each individual. Therefore, wasting time, shortening time, being\nswallowed by time, or time providing answers are perceptions of\nactivities to utilise time, which is actually consistent or the\nsame.<\/p>\n<p>Determining Time<\/p>\n<p>Time in efforts to accelerate or decelerate merely serves as the\nstarting point for the subject entity to choose its position. Choosing a\nfast position can be done if the entity as the subject optimises its\nresources through thorough planning and consideration of the surrounding\nenvironment.<\/p>\n<p>Choosing slow can be done consciously (well-prepared), or it can\noccur if the entity as the subject does not know its own resources or\nindeed lacks resources to speed up the process towards the goal or\nposition.<\/p>\n<p>For example, two people working eight hours a day as secretaries will\nproduce different outputs. One secretary can draft a letter in five\nminutes, while the other takes ten to fifteen minutes.<\/p>\n<p>This difference may arise because the corporate entity might have\ntime tolerances that are more lenient or allow free time allocation\nwithout control. Therefore, setting time limits is important for\ncorporate or organisational entities, whether focused on profit or\nnon-profit.<\/p>\n<p>Limits serve as points to draw lines towards the goals of every\ninitiation, action, and step born from readable and planned intentions.\nDetermining time limits is crucial so that every plan and goal can be\nmanaged well and measurably.<\/p>\n<p>This is done to ensure that the processes of existence and growth of\nevery entity can provide benefits both for itself and its environment.\nEven in the current context of the artificial intelligence era,\ndetermining working hours is no longer the same as 5-10 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, setting time limits accompanied by terms and conditions is\na necessity to achieve the best results. If the results are not as\nexpected, we can review, evaluate, and continue to make improvements and\nrefinements in every process.<\/p>\n<p>Working Time vs Productive Time<\/p>\n<p>Although fast and slow need not be an issue because both exist within\nrelatively the same time, only differing in perspective. It will be fast\nin a slow environment, and vice versa, it will be slow in a fast\nenvironment.<\/p>\n<p>Both will gradually escalate towards levels of achievement that\nbecome increasingly refined. Thus, what becomes the primary determining\nfactor for humans as subjects in defining time and its achievements\nremains a quite fundamental question.<\/p>\n<p>Time has enabled humans to grow and process towards the perfection of\nlife. From nomadic existence with simple technology to current life\nutilising advanced technology.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence that the process of perfecting human life is a result\nobtained by utilising the potential possessed by humans as the most\nperfect beings on Earth. No one can predict future time with perfect\nprecision, but at least we can plan steps to ensure our position remains\nin the group perfecting this life.<\/p>\n<p>The shift in working time in the era of artificial intelligence and\nthe Internet of Things ultimately does not always start from 7-15 or\n8-16 hours, but rather how productive the determined time is in\nproducing the expected output.<\/p>\n<p>This condition requires strong commitment, professionalism, and\nintegrity in every entity inhabiting the existing ecosystem. With\ncompetence supported by commitment, professionalism, and integrity, the\npotential of that ecosystem becomes continuously<\/p>",
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