Focusbar is a free Mac productivity tool that hopes to keep you on task with subtle reminders whenever you've switched windows. To use Focusbar, enter the one task that you'd like to work on, whether it's tackling email or working on slides for an...
A Results Only Work Environment -- often shortened to ROWE -- fosters productivity and boosts employee health, according to a new study. Sociology professors from the University of Minnesota studied over 600 white-collar employees and found that ROWE initiatives improve several key factors in overall health: energy levels, sleep quality,...
It's no secret that I'm a big fan of health and fitness: I boost my own productivity with exercise. My daily workouts help me detach from my computer, get my blood pumping and focus my energy on something positive; after I'm all finished and...
It's a simple enough question: how do you define productivity? For the Ridiculously Efficient, productivity is doing more work in less time. It's working effectively and efficiently, completing work tasks properly the first time in a time-conscious and resource-conscious fashion. To really define productivity, though, you...
Atos, a French tech company, hopes to ban all internal email within the next two years. "We are producing data on a massive scale that is fast polluting our working environments and also encroaching into our personal lives," said Thierry Breton, the chief executive officer of Atos. "...
This video on the business impact of stress shows the implications of stress on sales, productivity and employee retention. It cites several damning statistics on stress, including one from a study which found that 50 percent of employees are looking for less stressful work. Check out the ClearLink and IncBlot...
