Productivity

Takeaway: There are 10 categories or types of basic values. Those values, along with some curious findings from the research—about what values are, what values we share, and how our individual values differ—are below. I’ve bolded the main ideas in case you want to skim! Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes, 42s. Personal values are often

If you haven’t heard about the anti-work movement yet, you likely will soon. Here’s a primer: It is indeed (albeit loosely organized) a movement, coalesced on a discussion thread on Reddit, Anti-work: Unemployment for all, not just the rich!. The movement’s founder, Doreen Ford, describes anti-work as a radical leftist movement; its philosophical foundation is

On this episode, we review a couple of pieces of productivity tech that we’ve recently been trying out: the Timeular time tracker and the reMarkable 2 paper tablet. I’ll also have a review of the reMarkable up on the website in the coming weeks! Hope you enjoy the conversation—we loved both of the devices in

Takeaway: We can be busy both in the moment and overall. The key is to minimize how busy we are in any one moment while also taking on valuable and meaningful sources of busyness the rest of the time. Estimated Reading Time: 1 minutes, 39s. Busyness gets a bad rap in productivity circles, and often

On this episode, we dig deep into the power of time blocking. Topics covered include: What “time blocking” is; The “working spheres” we occupy; The importance of time blocking when you have a lot of work; Why we should time block; How time blocking helps us work with greater intention; How we time block time

This popular article, authored by Michaela Corning, was originally published by i4cp in 2009 and updated in 2022. With an estimated 3.45 million Muslims living in the U.S. and 1.8 billion worldwide, it’s likely that awareness of Ramadan is heightening in the workplace. Ramadan, which began in North America on Saturday, April 2nd, is a

Takeaway: The tasks you’re putting off might not be fun enough. Below are a few ideas for how to make your work more enjoyable. Estimated Reading Time : 2 minutes, 16s. Here’s a truth about procrastination: you do less of it when your work is enjoyable. As I’ve written about(and chatted about on the podcast),

One of the many areas of work life that was significantly disrupted in early 2020 was the way new employees were onboarded into organizations. Given the COVID-19 pandemic, on-site workers needed to be brought on in a safe, socially distanced way. Other new workers who would be remote—whether initially or indefinitely—needed onboarding in a radically

On this episode, we chat about how to work with greater intention throughout the day. Topics covered include: How intention lets us align our actions to what’s important and meaningful; The “Eisenhower Matrix” of importance and urgency; Revising the “Rule of 3” The hourly awareness chime; How to realign your focus to your intentions throughout

This popular article, authored by Michaela Corning, was originally published by i4cp in 2009 and updated in 2022. With an estimated 3.45 million Muslims living in the U.S. and 1.8 billion worldwide, it’s likely that awareness of Ramadan is heightening in the workplace. Ramadan, which began in North America on Saturday, April 2nd, is a

This popular article, authored by Michaela Corning, was originally published by i4cp in 2009 and updated in 2022. It’s that time of (the lunar) year again. The holy month of Ramadan began recently and as in previous years, i4cp has seen an uptick in the number of companies accessing our previously published articles on productivity and

Takeaway: It’s possible to catch up on tasks without working longer hours. My go-to strategies for feeling less overwhelmed at work: list out your current projects, shift or tackle deadlines when possible, block dedicated work time in your calendar, minimize chronic stress, and schedule time for your mind to wander. Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes,

I conducted an informal poll this week of people in my social network, asking them about their sense of personal well-being and wheter they’ve seen signs of strain among their co-workers. I heard from a few that the number of sick days they and their co-workers are taking is noticiably on the rise. So too

On this episode, we chat about how to define productivity—and how what productivity means has changed over time, especially with the advent of knowledge work. Topics covered include: The misconceptions we have about productivity; How time management is less important than it used to be; How the productivity landscape has shifted; How most productivity advice

With the discomforting warning from U.S. President Biden that the likelihood of major cyber attacks from Russia is now very high, it is imperative that HR leaders take the actions they can NOW to protect their organizations. A recent Associated Press article reported that in a quarterly meeting of CEOs across the country, President Biden’s

A recent Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) study on HR Capability and Design asked this question of senior-ranking HR leaders representing 122 large organizations (those with more than 1,000 employees): “What are the most significant barriers to your HR function’s ability to deliver on the organization’s strategic imperatives/objectives?” The top response (60%) was overload or