Is the office really the problem?
So, the whole homeworking/back to the office thing. Maybe we're looking at the wrong problem. What if the real issue isn't that people...
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Hamish Mackenzie
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An extra day a week
Most time poverty problems aren’t about minutes and hours. They’re about prioritization and self-management. If you get better at those...
Hamish Mackenzie
- 1 min
The power delusion
The most interesting thing about Elon Musk's "homeworking is unacceptable" memo isn't whether he's right or not. It's that he thinks he...
Hamish Mackenzie
- 1 min
You believe what?
Just because you’ve always believed something, doesn’t make it true. For example, have you always thought you do your best work in the...
Hamish Mackenzie
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Mission aborted
It’s traditional for organizations to create a mission statement. Unfortunately, most companies don’t define what that means and default...
Hamish Mackenzie
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Brainstorming doesn't work
A recent episode of the Tim Ferris podcast featured renowned parapsychologist Professor Richard Wiseman. He pointed out that scientific...
Hamish Mackenzie
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Wakey wakey!
Why getting up earlier matters.
Hamish Mackenzie
- 1 min
Rotten service.
I’m pretty sure that, like me, you can probably count the number of products and services that truly surprise and delight you on the...
Hamish Mackenzie
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Watch the accountants
Yesterday I started a corporate finance diploma course run by University College Dublin. I was struck by the diversity of my fellow...
Hamish Mackenzie
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Move it!
Knowledge work has always involved a lot of sitting, even before computers arrived. Yet home working during the pandemic has glued many...