Companies that adopt a remote-first strategy will free up significant funds that would otherwise be allocated to fixed costs, such as office space and employee perks, while also increasing team productivity. There are mixed results, but approximately 90 percent of employers who responded to this Stanford University survey reported that their teams’ productivity remained about the same. […]
You know the feeling: it is 9:30, your “quick” standup is still crawling, and the real work is waiting. Teams keep adding tools, prompts, and emojis, but the meeting still inflates. Here’s the good news. With a few operational tweaks, most teams can ship the same alignment in 8 minutes without losing context or care. […]
Productivity has become a constant change. A new app appears, a notebook gets christened, and someone announces they’re finally “a systems person,” right before the week fills with disruptions. The version that lasts is purpose, repetition, and learning that compounds. Most weeks test that claim. Russell Nicolet, founder of Nicolet Law, keeps his definition grounded. […]
Customers are used to scrolling TikTok and seeing ads. But they’re not so familiar with brands’ mascots crashing concerts or seeing/scanning street posters and then immediately experiencing an augmented reality experience on their phone. But today, companies are experimenting with guerrilla marketing like this. Introducing an element of surprise into their advertising campaigns shocks consumers […]
Mondays can either feel like a headwind or a runway. The difference is the ritual you decide to follow through with. You do not need a 4-hour routine or a new app. You need a small set of repeatable moves that lower friction, surface priorities, and get you one clear win before lunch. Do these […]
You already know the problem. Your roadmap looks tidy in Jira or Linear, then delivery slips–because priorities float, meetings collide, and nobody’s calendar matches the plan. That gap between intent and time is where velocity dies. The fix is not another status doc. It is wiring your roadmap directly to your Calendar so time, teams, […]
Some professionals turn their calendars into works of art: color codes, 15-minute micro-blocks, automated rules for every edge case. Then 10 a.m. hits, and the day blows up. If you’ve layered so much structure onto your time that real work struggles to breathe, you may be over-optimizing. That’s not a character flaw. It’s a byproduct […]
If you feel slammed yet end the day wondering what you actually shipped, your meetings are the prime suspect. Microsoft’s Work Trend Index shows calendars filling earlier and later as the “infinite workday” creeps in. At the same time, research published in the MIT Sloan Management Review found that even one meeting-free day can improve autonomy and […]
When your calendar resembles a game of Tetris and your chat pings resemble a stock ticker, protecting deep work can feel selfish. It isn’t. High-impact work depends on extended, distraction-free focus, a point Cal Newport popularized in his work on deep work. Meanwhile, collaboration has increased by 50% or more in recent years, with many […]
You already know how to block your calendar. The challenge is making those blocks survive real life. Between ad hoc meetings, Slack pings, and shifting priorities, the best schedule can crumble by noon. Productivity researcher Cal Newport has long argued that planning every minute is the antidote to reactive work. Organizational psychology supports this, including […]
