The Missing Link headquarters in South Africa recently got a makeover that the team aptly describes as "organized chaos." There's an indoor treehouse made from a 6-ton tree (it died of natural causes), vibrant graffiti murals by Nic Hooper, a slide and a fireman's...
Do you dream about work? More than 1 in 5 British workers regularly dream about their boss, according to a recent poll conducted for Premier Inn hotels. The same ratio of respondents reported having more work-related dreams as their pressure and stress levels increased. It's tough to have...
Most brick-and-mortar workspaces don't actively incentivize employees to stay away, but the Plantronics office design enables and encourages telecommuting. The wireless headset manufacturer's Santa Cruz, Calif. headquarters has enough workspaces for between 60 percent and 70 percent of its employees, and there isn't an...
A workspace that's optimized for productivity can ease your mind and enable your best, most efficient work. These must-reads zero in on ways to hack your work area and supercharge your efforts. * A survey finds that the best way to improve life at the office is to eliminate...
This CareerBuilder infographic examines the relationship between working from home and productivity. Some key statistics: 10 percent of Americans telecommute at least one day a week, which is up from 8 percent in 2007, and 6 percent of Americans work from home on a full-time basis. The infographic also offers...
Thinking back to Econ 100, the formula of total productivity is typically written as output divided by input, but the Ridiculously Efficient productivity formula is slightly different. Most importantly, my formula centers on qualitative measures rather than quantitative ones: it's easy to quantify work, but the best parts...
