One-minute reads on work organisation
Short pieces on what the latest international research is showing about work – in the time between two meetings. Every piece ends with its source, for anyone who wants to read further.
- ENGAGEMENT · GALLUP
Ten trillion dollars nobody earned
In 2025 the world lost ten trillion dollars – 9 per cent of annual global output.
Read · 1 min → - LEADERSHIP · GALLUP
The seventy per cent
70 per cent of a team’s engagement comes down to a single person.
Read · 1 min → - AI AT WORK · MICROSOFT
The organisation counts twice as much as the individual
They handed out a smart tool to thousands of people, then looked at who actually made something of it.
Read · 1 min → - COMPETENCE · MICROSOFT
A new profession is born: watching what the machine writes
Tens of thousands of office workers were asked what the most important new skill will be.
Read · 1 min → - OPERATIONS · ATLASSIAN
The meeting that led to another meeting
72 per cent of meetings fail to achieve their goal.
Read · 1 min → - WORKING TIME · CAMBRIDGE
Four days
61 British companies, some two thousand nine hundred people, six months. Pay stayed the same, but the week got one day shorter.
Read · 1 min → - HYBRID WORK · NATURE
The birthday
A Shanghai company split 1,612 of its employees into two groups by their birthdays.
Read · 1 min → - ERROR CULTURE · HARVARD
The good ward makes more mistakes
In a hospital, researchers measured which nursing team made more errors.
Read · 1 min → - RETENTION · LINKEDIN
The inside door
Employees were asked why they learn. The number one answer: to move up.
Read · 1 min → - ERROR CAUSES · LEAN
The hidden factory
Every factory has another factory running inside it. This second one does not appear on the organisation chart.
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