A sound idea: can ambient noise make us work harder?
The Times has installed typewriter noise in its newsroom, the latest attempt to use sound to affect us functionally
Welcome to Nap Club, the home of more focused, efficient workers
Stuart Heritage: Nappers aren't idle. But they are happier, healthier and more productive. Take it from an expert ...
‘I was fired for having a miscarriage’: the truth about pregnancy and work
Bim Adewunmi: Six out of 10 mothers believe their careers suffered after they became pregnant. How have you found managing pregnancy, motherhood and work?
I’m a woman with severe facial hair – and zero confidence as a result
Annalisa Barbieri: I’m too self-conscious to socialise and desperate to find the confidence to work again and be ‘normal’
This column will change your life: invisibles
If invisibles work in jobs that are unseen when done perfectly, Oliver Burkeman asks, how do they survive in a culture that seeks endless pats on the back?
77% in developed world are happy but wish life was simpler, says poll
Survey of 16,000 people finds widespread contentment, but few optimistic about prospects for the planet
What can public service managers do to help alleviate loneliness?
Omar Khan: The health consequences of loneliness make it a modern social evil that we need to prevent and combat
Can I afford a four-day week?
Impacts on child benefit, tax, car insurance or rail fares mean that working part time can bring greater contentment without financial misery
What’s so good about hard work? I vote for a fixed, three-day weekend for all
Andrew Martin: The suggestion by one of Britain's top doctors that we should switch to a four-day working week is undeniably appealing, and there are plenty of good precedents for it. Could it ever happen?
HuffPo has nap rooms because we must all wake up to the importance of sleep
Arianna Huffington: Lack of sleep affects every aspect of cognitive performance, and can even kill. Employers should be more accommodating