The New York Times
Rethinking Work
How satisfied are we with our jobs? Gallup regularly polls workers around the world to find out. Its survey last year found …
WorkWork
Across our curated articles on work, you'll find a range of guides, stories, research studies and actionable tips on how to navigate the workplace, office culture and politics, meetings, open-plan offices, and a whole lot more.
Sam Altman
The Post-YC Slump
In general, startups get distracted by fake work. Fake work is both easier and more fun than real work for many founders. Two …
WorkBuilding Asana
Work Hard, Live Well
As an industry, we are falling short of our potential. We could be accomplishing more, and we could be providing a better …
Life WorkAceso Under Glass
Why Open Offices? (Synchronicity)
If one person is wrong, they’re wrong. If a lot of people, some of whom got extremely rich off of their wrong ideas, …
WorkStack Exchange
Why We (Still) Believe In Private Offices
Open plans have been surprisingly hard to kill, despite research showing that they’re unpopular, decrease employee …
WorkK9 Ventures
Finding A Problem Worth Solving
Doing a startup is cool and hip these days (especially in the Valley), but there are too many people who start a company not …
WorkThe Atlantic
Why 'Do What You Love' Is Pernicious Advice
It’s been said in many places and by many luminaries: Do what you love. But what does this phrase actually mean?
WorkTED
Why Work Doesn't Happen At Work
Jason Fried has a radical theory of working: that the office isn’t a good place to do it. In his talk, he lays out the …
Video WorkJSTOR Daily
What Makes Work Meaningful? Ask A Zookeeper
These days, the idea of meaningful work is thrown around lightly at industry conferences and in management manuals, mostly as …
WorkBrain Pickings
Werner Herzog's No-Nonsense Advice To Aspiring Filmmakers And Creative Entrepreneurs
A decade before Kickstarter, he offers idealistic yet practical advice to aspiring filmmakers, which applies with equal …
WorkThe Guardian
David Graeber Interview - 'So Many People Spend Their Working Lives Doing Jobs They Think Are Unnecessary'
The anarchist author, coiner of the phrase ‘We are the 99%’, talks to Stuart Jeffries about ‘bullshit …
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