The Prevailing Myths of Productivity: What History Teaches Us About Building High-Performing Organizations

The Prevailing Myths of Productivity is a satirical examination of modern work culture and the belief systems that sustain it. Written in the voice of a corporate insider, the book dissects the narratives that frame overwork as virtue, efficiency as morality, and burnout as personal failure.

Blending cultural criticism, sociology, and dark humor, C. E. Harrow exposes how productivity myths function as tools of control-shaping identities, justifying inequality, and transforming human limits into managerial defects. Rather than offering strategies for optimization, the book interrogates the systems that demand optimization in the first place.

This work will appeal to readers interested in business culture, organizational behavior, and the social consequences of contemporary management ideology, particularly within the United States.