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schedule employees for the same shift every week, provide at least 20 hours of work for a core group of staff, and allow employees to trade hours by using Shift Messenger, an app specifically designed for this purpose.17 The result? Compared with stores that did not participate in the ten-month experiment, labor productivity increased by 6.8
... See moreFelix Oberholzer-Gee • Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance
Trends: thriving in the new world of work (annual review on org psych)
- key things changing around alt work arrangements
- fixed schedule, full-time work, at firm's place of business
- changing based on the kind of work
- if people have control over: when they work, where they work, conditions in which contracts are solidified, can have different
... See moreGretchen Spreitzer • Necessary Conversation with Gretchen Spreitzer- Thriving at Work
Second Machine Age, written by the MIT economists Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee.
Tim Leberecht • The Business Romantic
Alfred Lin, former COO and CEO at Zappos,
Joseph Michelli • The Zappos Experience: 5 Principles to Inspire, Engage, and WOW
The rise of multipotentialites, slashies, and neo-generalists building portfolio careers reflects a growing recognition that our contributions need not be limited to a single field. Multihyphenate professionals—people who engage in such a wide range of occupations that they need multiple hyphens to describe their work—were once mostly found in the
... See moreAnne-Laure Le Cunff • Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World
One study showed that early career specializers jumped out to an earnings lead after college, but that later specializers made up for the head start by finding work that better fit their skills and personalities.
David Epstein • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
