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The meeting that could have been a silence
The meeting that could have been a silence

A manager's experiment: replace the weekly status meeting with fifteen minutes of nothing.

Callum BrooksCallum Brooks
Jun 11, 2026
1 min read
What a pay rise actually buys
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What a pay rise actually buys

A year of tracking one household's budget shows that the extra money rarely goes where people think.

Callum BrooksCallum Brooks
Jun 7, 2026
1 min read
The four-day week, one year later
The four-day week, one year later

A mid-sized firm, a measurement problem and the surprising thing that did not change.

Callum BrooksCallum Brooks
Jun 4, 2026
1 min read
Why nobody reads the handbook
Why nobody reads the handbook

Onboarding documents are written for lawyers and read by no one. A better version fits on a postcard.

Callum BrooksCallum Brooks
May 29, 2026
1 min read
Learning to say no on a calendar
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Learning to say no on a calendar

The most radical work tool of the decade is a blank afternoon.

Callum BrooksCallum Brooks
May 25, 2026
1 min read
A day of silence in an open-plan office
A day of silence in an open-plan office

We tried it so you do not have to. Here is the data and the surprising thing people missed.

Callum BrooksCallum Brooks
May 10, 2026
1 min read