Work Less, Produce More ConsciousWorks

The number one performance enhancer in the world is sleep. Whether you measure error rate, reaction time, mood, decision making, emotional intelligence - we simply aren't performing up to our capabilities if we don't sleep. And yet, we cannot think ourselves to sleep, believe me I have tried. In this week's podcast we speak to Dr. Jonathan Charest, the director of Athlete Sleep Services at the University of Calgary, on how to improve our performance with sleep.

When we talk about working less and producing more, this conversation changes when the success metrics change, for example when you work in sales. In this episode we talk to Lyndsay Dowd, CEO of Heart Beat for Hire and veteran sales executive, on how we can both push for key sales metrics, and create sustainable work.

We are seeing discussions about the 4 day work week happen across the world for large corporations but what about for entrepreneurs? While entrepreneurs often have the most autonomy about their work it often translates to working all the time, everywhere. In this week's episode we speak with Jason Duncan about how to manage time and energy to work less, produce more as an entrepreneur.

What does communication have to do with working less, and producing more? Well, everything. Our ability to communicate effectively can make or break our ability to do our job, and nobody understands that better than this week's guest, Richard Newman - CEO of BodyTalk - a company that teaches the science of communicating.

If I book in breaks during my day, I end up doing errands or something I HAVE to do. Today's guest talks about adding back recess - a time in your day, even if only for a few minutes that you play or do something you enjoy. Something often lost after grade school.

Every time I have a question about the workplace, I will run it by today's guest, Dr. Benjamin Granger and it seems he is already doing some research on exactly the topic I am interested in. This time I ask about the 4 day work week, is it the answer? Are there other ways to think about flexible work? And most importantly, what would he do with the extra day off.