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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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