National Productivity Week 2026 round-up

30 Apr 2026

Find out what's been going on during National Productivity Week.

This week (27 April to 1 May 2026), The Productivity Institute has been hosting lots of interesting events and podcasts as part of National Productivity Week.

Monday

• Podcast: Ask the expert on… regional productivity and place-based growth with Philip McCann
• Event: Productivity for Better Outcomes (summary and images on LinkedIn)

Tuesday

• Event: Strategic Productivity for Impact (summary and images on LinkedIn)
• Podcast: Ask the expert on… making digital technologies deliver productivity with Chander Velu, Professor in Innovation and Economics, University of Cambridge

Wednesday

• Event: Skills, Talent and Productivity in Greater Manchester (recording on LinkedIn)
• Report launched at event: Hive of talent: what would it take to raise skills and productivity in Greater Manchester? By Aadya Bahl and Henry G. Overman
• Podcast: Ask the expert on… what is productivity? with Diane Coyle, Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge

Thursday

• Podcast: Ask the expert on… skills, education and regional productivity with Duncan Ivison (President and Vice-Chancellor)

Friday

• To follow