Productivity

Productivity

Skipping Lunch Is Costing Workers Their Focus and Speed

Skipping lunch is now a weekly habit for more than half of U.S. workers. New survey data shows hungrier workers make more mistakes and slow down.

GenZai • Oct 9

Productivity

Poor Health Costs US Workers Two Months of Output a Year

A new health index finds US workers lose two months of output a year to poor health — mostly while at their desks. Why AI anxiety is hitting young workers hardest.

GenZai • Oct 9

Productivity

Motivated Procrastination: Your Brain Forgets Hard Work

New research in Management Science finds people quietly forget how demanding a task is, a pattern called motivated procrastination that pushes work later.

GenZai • Oct 8

Productivity

Study: quiet firing quiet quitting rise together

A new study finds quiet firing quiet quitting go hand in hand: employers who quietly push staff out get employees who pull back. Trust at work weakens the link.

GenZai • Oct 7

Productivity

Workplace Tech Makes You Faster — and More Stressed, Study Finds

KU Leuven researchers surveyed thousands of workers and found new workplace tech boosts productivity while raising workload, stress, and inequality.

GenZai • Oct 7

Productivity

Multitasking Fails Because Your Brain Mixes Tasks Up

Multitasking fails because the brain mixes up tasks when it cannot tell which matters most, not from laziness, brain scientists say. What it means for your focus.

GenZai • Oct 6

Productivity

AI stress is rising for the IT workers it was meant to help

Nine in ten UK IT workers say AI improved their output, yet AI stress keeps climbing among the people defending company systems, a new survey finds.

GenZai • Oct 6

Productivity

Gen Z's faking productivity habit is a warning for every workplace

Four in five Gen Z workers admit to faking productivity at work, a survey of 1,003 professionals finds, costing hours of performative busyness weekly.

GenZai • Oct 6

Productivity

Body Doubling: Why Gen Z Works Better With Company

Body doubling — working silently alongside someone to beat procrastination — now has early science behind it. How Gen Z uses focus partners to get more done.

GenZai • Oct 5

Productivity

AI Rewriting Jobs, Not Cutting Them: New Workday Report Finds

Workday's October 2026 report tracks AI rewriting jobs more than cutting them: internal moves are stalling while demand for hands-on AI building skills climbs.

GenZai • Oct 5

Productivity

Work From Home Energy Is Steadier, and That's Why It Works

An Iowa study found work from home energy levels stay steadier through the day, and that steadiness, not extra energy, is why remote workers get more done.

GenZai • Oct 5

Productivity

Your Body Clock Is a Productivity Strategy, New Research Says

New research shows working with your body clock boosts creativity and teamwork, and a short memory exercise can stretch how far your day goes.

GenZai • Oct 5