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
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Skip to contentA 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
Researchers have been studying the productivity effects of remote work and work from home for years, and generally the results have trended in a positive direction. Stanford
In today's Atlantic I have an essay arguing for reopening businesses on a 4-day week. The argument has two parts. First, offices have proved to be a significant
Nextgov reports on new research comparing the mental efficacy of breaks with and without phones: Using your phone on break during mentally challenging tasks doesn’t allow your brain
The Times reports on a new study on the impact of pollution on cognitive performance: Chess players make worse decisions when they breathe dirtier air, suggesting that even
Ohio State University professor Allard Dembe has a piece about the potential downsides of a 4-day workweek: I have been studying the health effects of long working hours
In the interviews I've done with leaders and workers at companies that have implemented shorter workweeks, I often hear-- in the smaller places at least-- that they eat
This 2018 episode of the Life’s Work podcast has an interesting brief conversation about the impact of working long hours and weekends on mental health? UCL researcher and
The New York Times has a piece about "The Death of the Sick Day," about how the sick day is disappearing from the office vocabulary, even as we
The Washington Post has an article on two new studies looking at physician burnout. One looks at burnout among young doctors, while the other underscores how challenging it’s