There's been some interesting media coverage of one country's move to a 4-day working week. The government's aims are admirable: to give employees more time to spend with their families... read more →
A really nice summary of Prof. Adrian Furnham's keynote at DOP 2013 over at the Occupational Digest. I had great intentions of writing up Adrian's presentation as soon as I got... read more →
An almost inevitable consequence of more employees having access to the internet at work as been the potential for abuse of that access. Employees frequently use the internet at work... read more →
A lovely piece from the great Gina Trapani. The founder of Lifehacker.com discusses procrastination at work and one tactic for addressing it: eating a frog! Do your worst task first. By “worst”... read more →
Some very mixed messages in this article I came across yesterday. On the one hand, giving employees more control over how they use their holiday allowance, including purchasing additional days,... read more →
Worth remembering when indulging, especially over the next week or so… Richard E. Cytowic, M.D., psychologytoday.com Coffee and energy drinks may make you feel more awake when you’ve drunk too... read more →
Focus@Will Says Its Streaming Music Will Make You More Productive By Christina Chaey, fastcompany.com The new music service claims to have the formula for aural Adderall. The founder explains... read more →
Researchers from the US have highlighted the importance of the non-work domain (i.e. home life) in an employee’s experience of the work domain - and their career decisions. In their... read more →
I’m very much looking forward to next month’s Division of Occupational Psychology annual conference in Chester. Aside from running a workshop on the Dimensions personality questionnaire, I’m going to be participating... read more →
I spotted a nice post on the Harvard Business Review blog last night - the author compares his constant “coming out” about his sexuality to the awkward conversations that need... read more →