As befits someone whose first decade of professionaloutput inspired a book called "Habits, Patterns, Algorithms" (ORO Editions, 2008), he's the quintessential polymath: one part nerdy, several parts worldly and equally interested in bees and Brigitte Bardot.
The surprise boost to output was helped by the production sector, including manufacturing, which rose by more than 1%, and by professional services increasing output by 3%.
As output is hard to measure in most professional jobs, managers will fall back on the oldest gauge of performance: favouring those employees who get in early and leave late.