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Cut to gain

Meeting changes and a four day week lead to better productivity

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2 min, 292 words

In 2018, Andrew Barnes' company, Perpetual Guardians, permanently introduced a four day week (FDW). The staff would get 100% pay but work 80% of the time as long as they hit 100% of their productivity goals.

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Categories: work book

Be surprised

You only learn when something is outside your mental models

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1 min, 185 words

When I am developing software I build an internal mental model of how I expect things to work. As I learn more I tweak that model - or if it is not working as I expect then I tweak the code to match the model I have. Over time that model grows and evolves.

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Categories: life book