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Forget Workplace Norms. Our Summer Weekends Started on Friday at 2 p.m.

September 19, 2016

Our U.S. offices tried an experiment this year. Straying from convention, we decided to give everyone a jump on the weekend by calling Friday at 2 p.m. “closing time” (cue the Matchbox 20 song). So how did folks spend the time? Here are some of the back stories. A Sunny Day of Music …more

The One Hack Rarely Discussed to Increase Productivity at Meetings

October 13, 2015

Let me say up front that this post does not address the age-old quandary: “To meet or not to meet, that is the question.” Moving from Hamlet to Ford trucks, the company meeting is “built to last.” To resist is futile. Still, there is one simple action that would advance civilization in its quest to …more