The headband that tracks how you work

How to get more for less - could this technology help tackle the problem of creating more efficient workers

Wherever you work, whether that's in the public sector, manufacturing or services, there is an increasing focus on boosting productivity – improving efficiency.

And while on the factory floor this may seem as simple as installing more, smarter machines, higher productivity from humans working in an office can be a lot more complicated. But a host of firms are promising that new technology can help us work more effectively.

As part of the Future of Work series, BBC technology reporter, Rory Cellan-Jones, tries to work out how to be more productive.

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