Managers can supercharge team productivity by taking a cue from video game design and gamifying aspects of work. Adam Dole of Method recently outlined the four things video games teach us about motivating people in a post for Fast Company: * Games create urgent optimism. * Games create tight social groups. * Games...
A crucial component of the Ridiculously Efficient lifestyle is the idea of emotional refueling to supercharge work productivity. Professional athletes train opposing muscles (abs and lower back, or biceps and triceps) for a complete strength-training workout; extending that example, high-performance workers must build in periods of stress-free recovery to reset...
Companies that ignore the need for email efficiency are setting themselves up for a colossal waste of resources. Corporate America spends over 40 percent of their day on email; to put that figure into financial terms, someone who earns $55,000 a year will make $1,760 each month just...
Happy Monday! I've hand-picked five must-read articles on efficiency to start your workweek off right. * Office vampires suck the morale out of a team and cause productivity to plummet. Learn how to shut them down. [Entrepreneur] * Three strategies to turn your email inbox into a productivity tool. [ZDNet]...
At first it sounds like an oxymoron -- meditate efficiently -- but for some professionals, it's the only way they can add this Eastern tradition to an already-packed workday. Meditation boosts productivity in several ways: it decreases stress, boosts brain activity, regulates emotions, and enhances learning and memory....
What relationship do coffee and productivity have? According to this CareerBuilder infographic, it's a pretty close one: 61 percent of employees drink two or more cups of coffee a day, and 46 percent of workers say they're less productive if they don't get their...
