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8 articles tagged work.
OpinionWhen the Target Replaces the Work, the Number Improves and the Business Doesn't
Any measure that becomes the goal will be gamed by good people acting rationally. The correction is design, not blame.
By Diego Arroyo · Jul 3
OpinionIn Defense of the Amateur
The person who does a thing for love rather than a living often keeps alive skills the professionals have quietly abandoned
By Lena Holloway · Jul 1
OpinionThe Quiet Case for Picking Up the Phone
In an age of asynchronous everything, the voice call has become an underrated act of both respect and speed
By Sara Qureshi · Jul 1
OpinionThe Case for Working on Unfashionable Problems
The most valuable work is often hiding in the problems nobody is excited about this year
By Mira Faraj · Jun 30
OpinionIn Defense of the Generalist
The age of hyper-specialization has quietly devalued the people who connect the dots
By Sara Qureshi · Jun 29
TechnologyThe AI Productivity Paradox Is Already Here
Almost everyone now uses the tools, yet the aggregate numbers stubbornly refuse to move
By Lena Holloway · Jun 28
BusinessThe Return-to-Office Fight Was Never Really About Productivity
Behind the memos about collaboration and output lie quieter motives: leases, control, and a deep anxiety about culture
By Lena Holloway · Jun 28
OpinionProductivity Starts With Deleting Work, Not Accelerating It
The fashionable productivity conversation is obsessed with speed. The harder and more useful question is which work should stop existing.
By Diego Arroyo · Jun 8