“I have learned not to feel guilty whenever I close the laptop”
Stem cell researcher Dr Cristina Lo Celso talks the Academy of Medical Sciences about her work, and rest. This bit in particular jumped out at me: I have
Circadian rhythms and work rhythms
The New York Times has an interesting piece about efforts to match work schedules to circadian rhythms: At the Denmark offices of the pharmaceutical company AbbVie, employees design
“the first step to the investigation of the creative mind is the historical approach”
From the opening page of Rosamund E. M. Harding's The Anatomy of Inspiration: We venture to suggest, therefore, that the first step to the investigation of the creative
Insecure overachievers
For some time, I've talked about why overwork has become the new normal, even for people who are fairly economically secure, or who have lots of control over
A quick update, and more news soon
I realize I've posted very little in the last few weeks (though I've posted lots of labrador pictures), because I've been doing a lot on the next book.
Frans Johanssen on the Starbucks epiphany
Frans Johansson, author of The Click Moment and The Medici Effect, on business travel and Howard Schultz's discovery of coffee culture: I'm planning a couple trips myself, and
Why do we talk about the possibility of 4-day weeks, rather than their reality?
This morning I ran across this piece on the Web site of English boutique recruitment consultancy Mitchell Adam: The Four-Day Working Week: Could It Work?Today, many people will
“In my experience, it is only the over-fifties who really know what they’re doing”
Rory Sutherland makes a good point about one of the benefits of shorter hours in this Spectator article, "John McDonnell’s right – the four-day week could work:" Trust
The Women Who Made Male Astronomers’ Ambitions Possible
A nice, unexpected piece by Erin Blakemore in JSTOR Daily about "The Women Who Made Male Astronomers' Ambitions Possible," which talks about my research on Elizabeth Campbell and
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences proposes a 4-day, 36-hour workweek
According to a story in the China Daily, “the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences proposed revising the national work schedule in 2030 to nine hours a day and