Remote teams
fromHarvard Business Review
9 hours agoWhat's Stopping the 4-Day Workweek?
The four-day workweek can enhance employee satisfaction and engagement without reducing productivity.
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Artificial intelligence
fromFortune
13 hours agoMeta just killed a dashboard that let employees compete to be the company's No. 1 AI token user | Fortune
Meta employees created a leaderboard tracking AI token usage, promoting productivity measurement, but it was taken down due to external data sharing concerns.
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Remote teams
fromFortune
7 hours agoZoom CEO predicts a 3-day workweek is just five years away-and he's happy about it: 'I hate working 5 days' | Fortune
Zoom's CEO predicts a shift to a three-day workweek due to AI advancements, enhancing productivity and work-life balance.
Remote teams
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago3 Ways Remote Work Exposes People-Pleasing Habits
Remote work can intensify people-pleasing behaviors, leading to increased anxiety and pressure to remain constantly available.
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Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
11 hours agoPsychology says keeping your phone on silent isn't a communication preference - it's a nervous system preference, and the people who need it most are often the ones who spent years being on-call for everyone else's emergencies - Silicon Canals
Constant phone notifications can trigger stress responses, leading some to keep their phones on silent as a protective measure for their nervous system.
Remote teams
fromEntrepreneur
7 hours agoThis Startup's Return-to-Office Mandate Failed - Now It's Paying Employees to Show Up: 'We Were Pulling Teeth'
Superhuman increased office attendance by offering wellness stipends for in-office work, replacing a failed return-to-office mandate with a voluntary program.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
20 hours agoNot everyone who keeps a small social circle is protecting their energy. Some of them built a wide one once, watched it reveal exactly how many people would show up during an actual emergency, and quietly restructured around the answer - Silicon Canals
Small social circles often result from past crises that reveal true friendships, rather than a preference for fewer connections.
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Productivity
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoMost companies don't have a burnout problem. They have a system that rewards people who can't stop performing and then acts surprised when those people collapse, because the collapse was always part of the business model. - Silicon Canals
The most dedicated employees may be the most frightened, driven by a culture that rewards overwork and leads to burnout.
Productivity
fromFast Company
6 days agoMany productivity programs solve the wrong problem. This is what leaders should do instead
Organizations face work design problems rather than productivity issues, leading to temporary solutions that fail to address underlying conflicts in problem-solving approaches.
fromFast Company
3 days agoThe workers secretly influencing their companies' AI usage
Estefania Angel noticed that while her company helped other enterprises set up AI, it did not use those systems internally. She began using AI apps in Slack, Outlook, and Google to track assignments, which garnered attention from her superiors.
Artificial intelligence
Careers
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoI've watched three generations enter the workforce, and what Gen Z calls "hustle culture" is what my generation simply called showing up - but before you dismiss that as boomer arrogance, there's something underneath it worth understanding - Silicon Canals
Generational differences in work ethic reflect changing economic realities and expectations around fulfillment and mental health in the workplace.
fromEntrepreneur
1 month agoHow to Keep Your Health Plan Costs Manageable - Without Shortchanging Your Team
If you run a business, there's a familiar email you probably opened this fall: the one from your benefits broker with your 2026 health insurance renewal. You scroll. You see a double-digit increase, and your stomach drops. You want to do right by your team. You also have a P&L to protect. And the three standard options you're handed - pay the increase, raise deductibles or push more cost onto employees - all feel bad in different ways.
Business
fromBusiness Insider
2 months agoYour boss is about to pull back your gym benefits
Workplace wellness programs have exploded over the past decade or so, with companies rolling out a suite of subsidized perks, such as gym discounts, mental health apps, and other benefits aimed at attracting and retaining workers. The pandemic upped the ante even more - in the face of a tight labor market and a hyper-stressed workforce, plenty of business leaders looked around and thought, "Well, a Zoom meditation session can't hurt, right?"
Wellness
fromFast Company
1 month agoWhat is 'wellness governance' (and why you should be practicing it)
Being a leader today requires a new level of performance. One that overrides fatigue, can suppress internal signals, and absorbs constant urgency, all while rapidly context-switching. Simply said, modern leadership demands have increased, and not everyone is-or wants to stay-on board. Today's leaders face growing expectations, dynamic responsibilities, and constant pressure to perform amid deep uncertainty and an ever-accelerating business ecosystem.
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