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    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      FT Magazine
      How to work smarter, not harder, according to Cal Newport

      His strategies for stressed-out knowledge workers have sold 2mn books. What does he know that we don’t?

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Special ReportThe Modern Workplace: People
      Spooks in your machine: rise in WFH monitoring drives dissent

      Surveillance of staff at home or in workplaces can be counterproductive, researchers argue

    • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
      Pilita Clark
      The grim world of office spyware

      The chief executive of a time-tracking software group reveals how his contentious product works in real life

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      Office life
      What to do if you hate your job

      Proactive ways to identify the source of your problem — and do something about it

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      The seven types of email you should never, ever send

      Guilty of these shocking breaches of epistolary etiquette? Do better

    • Monday, 2 January, 2023
      FT Series
      Make work better in 2023

      From rethinking networking in the hybrid age to leaving a job well — hit the ground running in the new year

    • Monday, 21 November, 2022
      Miranda Green
      Frogs, toads and the poetic road to productivity

      Resisting work is futile, so take a lesson from some literary amphibians and embrace its necessary role in your life

    • Sunday, 23 October, 2022
      Rana Foroohar
      ‘Big Brother’ managers should turn the lens on themselves

      Employee surveillance causes stress and resentment, and isn’t that effective anyway

    • Friday, 14 October, 2022
      Emma Jacobs
      The morning rituals of turbo-strivers are entertainment, not inspiration

      Meditation at 5am followed by a run, an ice bath and a blast of physio is a masochistic practice best contemplated at leisure

    • Wednesday, 24 August, 2022
      Working It
      Trick your brain to see work as play

      Plus, Thursdays are the new Fridays and why companies are taking nature retreats

    • Friday, 29 July, 2022
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      How can the UK improve its productivity? I went to Legoland to find out

      Like theme parks, British businesses could invest more, but uncertainty holds them back

    • Monday, 23 May, 2022
      Nels Abbey
      Why presenteeism is an enduring corporate narcotic

      Some leaders are demanding long hours in offices as if the WFH revolution never happened

    • Friday, 20 May, 2022
      Russell Foster
      Calculating the real cost of the graveyard shift

      Aligning work and healthcare with the body’s circadian cycles could bring revolutionary health benefits

    • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
      Special ReportThe Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies
      Birgit Troy: the tech start-up scene proves hard to resist

      The COO’s goal at Canadian data provider Canalyst is to maintain its triple-digit growth

    • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
      Managing yourself
      The club that teaches women how to say ‘no’ to office housework

      Four female academics have identified the non-promotable tasks that have obstructed their, and their peers’, career paths

    • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
      Flexible working
      The end of sick days: has WFH made it harder to take time off?

      Remote working has made it easier to power through illness rather than rest, but this could be at a cost to health, wellbeing and productivity

    • Saturday, 16 April, 2022
      Mining
      End of an era at Anglo American as Mark Cutifani steps down

      Australian has revived the fortunes of the mining group that faced near collapse a few years ago

    • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
      Sarah O'Connor
      A four-day week might benefit employers as well

      Experiments have shown that workers’ hours can be cut without a corresponding drop in output

    • Sunday, 6 March, 2022
      Pilita Clark
      The office is fine but the commute is still atrocious

      Luring workers back from their homes is a big ask now that they have tasted life without costly, crowded transport

    • Sunday, 13 February, 2022
      Management
      Do you suffer from ‘meeting bloat’ ?

      Some corporate leaders are holding fewer meetings — or banning them altogether

    • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
      Andrew Hill
      What would persuade you to change?

      ‘Megastudies’ are teasing out what helps people to behave differently

    • Monday, 29 November, 2021
      June Angelides
      Take a course and improve your skills — it may change your life

      From mini-MBAs to short online programmes, a burst of learning will boost your productivity in the long run

    • Sunday, 21 November, 2021
      Isabel Berwick
      Where to find certainty in a fragile back-to-office world

      Look to leaders with experience of managing fragmented workforces — the key is communication

    • Wednesday, 3 November, 2021
      Architecture
      Forget skyscrapers: nature inspires next generation of New York offices

      Companies like Google are designing workplaces that help people connect to the natural world in an effort to attract talent and boost productivity

    • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
      FT MagazineSimon Kuper
      Waking up to the new sleep rules

      Before the pandemic, working life trapped most of us in a one-size-fits-all schedule

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