> That was all while companies reported revenue largely stayed the same during the trial period last year and even grew compared with the same six months a year

> That was all while companies reported revenue largely stayed the same during the trial period last year and even grew compared with the same six months a year earlier, according to findings released this week. It’s really too soon to tell the results. As long as you don’t shut down, most companies’ revenue is affected more by what they did in the medium term past than the recent past. Are there any metrics of productivity that companies could track which would be forward indicators rather than lagging indicators?