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‘Power hours’: how to make the most of your working day

‘Power hours’: how to make the most of your working day

Update: 2024-07-23
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We all experience peaks and troughs over the course of a working day. Knowing how to manage them can make us much more productive. Isabel Berwick speaks to Daniel Pink, bestselling author of books including When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, about why people work best at different times of day – and how we can harness those differences to do our best work. Later, producer Mischa Frankl-Duval speaks to Aaron Levie, CEO of Box. Aaron is a committed night owl. He explains his unusual schedule, and how it affects his leadership.


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‘Power hours’: how to make the most of your working day

‘Power hours’: how to make the most of your working day