Taylorism: Work Faster!

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<p>Graffiti &ndash; the good kind, done with lots of style and skill &ndash; developed when some kids in NYC took up cans of spray paint and started to figure out how to outdo one another. They laid down styles that are so fine they&rsquo;re still being used by artists today.</p> ... Show More

<p>What do you do when you want to tell someone you&rsquo;re smitten with them but you live in a society so repressive decorum prevents you from even speaking such things? Why, you can say it with flowers! And that&rsquo;s just what people in the Victorian Era did.</p><p>See <a h ... Show More

When he was a young management consultant at Boston Consulting Group, Morten Hansen put in long hours–up to 90 a week, regularly. The highest performer in his office, however, was a colleague who clocked significantly less hours and rarely came in on weekends. This experience hel ... Show More

Thomas took a job. It was simple enough, good pay. But there are just some things you can’t unsee. Link to Author's Work Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

<p>On nous dit souvent que nous sommes manipulés par le marketing et les stratégies de communication mais qu’en est-il vraiment. Qu’il s’agisse de publicité, d’information ou encore de politique, la communication et le marketing sont partout et il est parfois difficile de faire l ... Show More

By 2030 we'll only work 15 hours a week, predicted the legendary economist John Maynard Keynes back in 1930. He thought advances in technology and wealth would let us earn enough money to live in a day or two - leaving the rest of the week for leisure and community service.  How ... Show More

Most productivity methods aim to boost your efficiency during office hours. But a new technique, based on your biological clock, might be the key: chronoworking. The term was coined by British journalist Ellen Scott in early 2024 in her newsletter “Working on Purpose.” She predic ... Show More

Proving to us again that you can go from burned out to pursuing a career that brings your life joy and balance is Jenny Blake. Jenny left the hustle of a high level job at Google to pursue her own creative business ideas and, now 10 years later, has continued to grow, pivot, and ... Show More

<p>Mes chers camarades, bien le bonjour ! </p><p>J’ai reçu récemment en entretien Anthony Galluzzo, qui est un spécialiste du mythe de l’entrepreneur. Dans cet entretien, en plus de décortiquer cette figure de l’entrepreneur, on est aussi revenu sur son histoire, parce qu’en réal ... Show More

CHANI is the second largest astrology app on the market, even though its founders have prioritized growing slowly and sustainably. Today we speak to its founders, Chani Nicholas and Sonya Passi about their company's mold-breaking benefits package, what they think about work cultu ... Show More

<p><strong>Chase Hughes</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/thechasehughes" target="_blank">@thechasehughes</a>) is the top behavior profiler in the United States and author of <a href="https://amzn.to/2Rhyfmh" target="_blank"><em>The Ellipsis Manual: Analysis and Engineering ... Show More

There’s a role in your agency that has a bigger impact on your bottom line than you realize.  Project Managers are often thought to “just” deliver client projects on time, on scope and on budget. But if you aren’t thinking bigger than that “just” mentality, you could be missing t ... Show More