Collaboration

Struggling to stay productive amidst constant meetings and digital distractions? Microsoft Outlook’s Focus Time feature offers a solution by reserving uninterrupted blocks for deep, high-impact work. This guide explores how to set up and optimize Focus Time, the cognitive science behind its effectiveness, and how platforms like Worklytics can enhance it through data insights. With smart scheduling, distraction reduction, and privacy-first analytics, Worklytics helps organizations and individuals measure, protect, and maximize their Focus Time—boosting productivity, creativity, and well-being across the board.

Excessive employee tracking, intended to boost productivity, often backfires by eroding trust, lowering morale, and fostering a culture of performative work rather than meaningful contributions. Constant surveillance creates stress, discourages creativity, and shifts employees' focus from quality to appearances, leading to disengagement and even counterproductive behaviors like task inflation and faked activity. Instead of relying on punitive monitoring, organizations should prioritize trust, autonomy, and outcome-based performance, fostering a healthier, more productive workplace where employees feel empowered rather than controlled.

Transform your organizational data into strategic insights and actions. Six steps to drive effective, data-driven change management for your business.

What is a work style assessment? How does it inform career goals and business objectives? Check out this helpful definition with useful examples.