Penguin Experts: “What does the future of work look like?”
I recently recorded a short video for Penguin Connect answering the question, "What does the future of work look like?" It's one of a number of appearances or
Penguin Connect: “Could this be the moment when the 9-5 as we know it dies?”
San Francisco in the lockdown I hardly know a writer who isn't either studying life under lockdown, or trying to write something about life after lockdown. Alice Vincent
Corporate Life and the Life of the Mind
This essay is based on a talk on "Corporate Life and the Life of the Mind" that I gave at the Department of English at Princeton University on
Korean article about rest
I was recently on a documentary in Korea about rest and creativity, and this article is a gloss of some of the contents. Of course, since this is
“This exam season, don’t forget to rest up:” REST goes to college
Daniel Payne, writing in the Daily Mississippian, makes the case for college students paying attention to rest: Hours of caffeine-fueled work with breaks only long enough to change
My new Calm masterclass on “The Power of Rest”
A couple weeks ago I wrote about spending the day in San Francisco, and being the "talent" on a new project. Well, it's now out: It's a new
Pastors, workaholics, and “Leading from a Place of Rest”
The term "workaholic" was coined in 1971, in a book called Confessions of a Workaholic: The Facts About Work Addiction. The author Wayne Oates wasn't a lawyer or
Roombot and meeting scheduling
In my study of how companies shorten their workdays, one of the things I've consistently seen is companies shortening meetings, and doing a number of things to make
Putting REST to use at the New York Times
James Pothen, a software engineer with the New York Times, has a great piece about " How to Concentrate in a Collaborative Workplace:" When I first started working
“10 Ways That Working Less Will Make You More Productive”
Singapore Women's Weekly has a slide show of 10 Ways That Working Less Will Make You More Productive: It’s hard to say no, especially when there’s work piling