The benefits of a “fake commute”
A couple months ago I wrote an article for the Financial Times on the power of routines. Angela Haupt writes in The Washington Post about the invention of
Talking about routines in the Financial Times
The Financial Times recently launched a new series on "Rebooting the Workplace," which consists of essays by various invited experts on different aspects of the future of work
“Feierabend” and routines during remote work
In a recent Financial Times piece, I made the case for the importance of routines in helping us be productive and happy. In particular, those of us working
How to put insights from REST and SHORTER into practice if you’re not a CEO
During the lively Q&A at this Friday's (virtual, sigh) talk about the 4-day week and future of work to the Design Business Association, Anna Cox, a professor at
Just a reminder of the value of vacations: “In 2008 I bought Chernow’s Hamilton bio to read on vacation”
I've written about this before, but after Hamilton came up in a talk I gave today, I dug up this tweet: #MrowbackMondayIn 2008 I bought Chernow's Hamilton bio
Building your home studio: How to connect, sound, and look better— without spending a fortune
This week I spoke with my friend Christine Armstrong about how to improve your Zoom game, and how even simple changes can greatly improve your look and experience
Penguin Experts: “What does the future of work look like?”
I recently recorded a short video for Penguin Connect answering the question, "What does the future of work look like?" It's one of a number of appearances or
Penguin Connect: “Could this be the moment when the 9-5 as we know it dies?”
San Francisco in the lockdown I hardly know a writer who isn't either studying life under lockdown, or trying to write something about life after lockdown. Alice Vincent
Corporate Life and the Life of the Mind
This essay is based on a talk on "Corporate Life and the Life of the Mind" that I gave at the Department of English at Princeton University on
Korean article about rest
I was recently on a documentary in Korea about rest and creativity, and this article is a gloss of some of the contents. Of course, since this is