The fog of the pandemic has made it difficult to get stuff done. After a certain point, our usual modes of time management no longer feel efficient. The classic to-do list may feel less […]
If you think you’re “too busy” for something, it’s probably because you’re not great at investing your time. I’ve spent most of my career thinking about resource management. I started off in […]
A year into the pandemic, the lines between “work” and “not work” are blurrier than ever, especially for professionals operating virtually. During the first few months of the pandemic, when it seemed plausible […]
We’ve heard it countless times during the pandemic: “I’m a Zoom-zombie.” These days—without a limit on conference room availability—it’s far too easy to pop into a meeting with the click of a […]
On June 1, 2015, I told my employees that we were going to try something different that summer: a 5-hour workday. At the time, there were only seven people on my team. […]
What a long, strange year it’s been. Although the pandemic is far from over, there is enough empirical evidence to support the argument that remote work has actually worked well despite the […]
A friend of mine has a personal mantra for the pandemic: desperate times call for desperate pleasures. In times of prolonged stress, we need to be even more diligent about carving out […]
This new pandemic reality has done a number on the workforce’s productivity levels. For example, while some may find themselves working longer hours and achieving more goals than ever before, others may be struggling […]
To give employees flexibility, some companies have experimented with a four-day workweek. But what if instead of shortening the workweek, they shortened the work day, giving employees back a few hours at […]
In my attorney days, I had a to-do list for each active case, which I carried with me from meeting to meeting like security blankets. Truth be told, I loved my to-do […]
