The Science of What Makes Us Tick
summary
Landscape data hits specific claims: Gallup says 13% of employees are engaged, 77% report stress symptoms, and UK sleep drops from eight to 6.5 hours; an Oxford study shows cutting sleep toward four hours degrades function in three days. Distraction costs reengagement 23 minutes 15 seconds. Prescriptions are concrete: four hours of highly productive time daily, email sprints twice a day, no tech after 7pm, movement, mindfulness, and a texted survey to prioritize which problem to build tech for.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:00Where are we
- 2:21Why are we struggling
- 5:19Openplan office
- 7:43Question
- 16:12Macro picture
- 16:37Tactical tips
- 20:00Make one change
- 20:38Research question
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