Most days, you won’t catch me working at 4pm. I’ll be walking around outside or chopping vegetables or reading a book on the couch.
In a remote-first world, I don’t find the 9 to 5 schedule very favorable to maximizing work productivity. Honestly, I’d be surprised if most people did.
This post from The Atlantic (https://lnkd.in/g2CBq4gF) shows that we are spending more time talking about work rather than actually working. I believe it’s because being in meetings gives the appearance of productivity if you can’t see folks working at their desks.
When I spend 100% of my work time in meetings, I often find myself feeling behind, but I can’t seem to catch back up. This is why I love Focus Days, or No Meeting Days. These days allow me to lean into my own flow of creative capacity to allow for creating, whether it’s reading a backlog of documents to inform a strategy or laying out the team’s roadmap. I add the most value to the business on these days.
These creativity capacity curves look different for every individual, so it’s especially important for managers to allow ICs to flexibility to optimize around their own peaks.
Originally posted on LinkedIn.