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How to set achievable goals
How to create and stick to a schedule
How to break down large projects into smaller manageable tasks
How we measure productivity
A five-day, 40-hour workweek may work well when output is measured by items coming down an assembly line, but productivity is different when it comes to knowledge work.
The pandemic disrupted standard ways of working and created an experiment where companies learned that productivity isn’t measured by hours in a chair.
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“Our best work never comes when we’re stressed and maxed out. It’s intuitive but research points to it, too. When you move to a four-day workweek with strong boundaries around when work starts and stops, employees are often more creative and more productive.”
JOE SANOK
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Why less is more
- Researchers in Iceland tracked a group of 2,500 employees who worked a four-day workweek with the same pay and found that their wellbeing dramatically increased, and they reported less stress and burnout and better work-life balance.
- Microsoft Japan experimented with a...
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Getting your boss aboard
No supervisor wants to look like they made numbers drop due to an experiment. They want credit for being innovative.
- Four-day workweeks often work best when an entire team is on the same schedule. To handle client emergencies, companies can put a contingency plan in place, with ...
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How to implement a four-day workweek
- You need to set up hard and soft boundaries around your time. Hard boundaries are non-negotiable and soft boundaries are rules that can be relaxed when an emergency arises. The hardest part may be setting boundaries with yourself, especially if you’re self-employed or work ...
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We Don’t Know What Productivity Really Is
Most of us want to be productive but do not completely understand what we do, why we do it, and who judges it as productive or non-productive.
Productivity can be defined as the effectiveness of an effort, measured in terms of input and output. This definition is limited, ...
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