Why Being Too Productive in Academia Scares Me: The Hidden Costs Behind the Numbers

R3ciprocity.com - Prof David Maslach: Innovation; Research Life; Striving Towards Happiness · Oct 16, 2024 · 5m

Being too productive in academia often scares me. Academic productivity for its own sake often leads to various issues.

What is too productive? I don’t know, but I know that there are many choices that are made to get there.

To truly understand what productivity means, you have to look behind the scenes.

It's not just about hitting numbers; it's about understanding the context, what those numbers represent, and the hidden dynamics at play.

Without that deeper insight, it’s easy to misjudge what success in academia really looks like.