Losing feeling

Many studies on productivity point out that we are only doing 2.5 to 3 hours of productive work on any given day. While most companies and managers expect the 8 to 9-hour productivity on a daily basis, we need to let go of this 9 to 5 office culture.

We need to bui...

• Classical music: No lyrics are always a popular choice.
• Electronic music: It’s repetitive but in a good way.
• Video-game music: Game composers know the ideal music enhances the experience while not distracting the player.

Humans are inherently social beings; our instinct to meet in order to strategize and share ideas predates modern civilization, let alone office culture.

As knowledge work boomed in the mid-20th Century, businesses gradually moved away from command-and-control style ...