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- Have you ever wondered why we still follow a rigid 9-to-5 schedule that was designed for the industrial era, long before the digital age began?
- What if you could design a personalized 'workstyle' that allows you to choose exactly when and where you work to maximize your own productivity and wellbeing?
- Are you curious about how dismantling traditional working hours could unlock a more inclusive society and solve the hidden inefficiencies of modern corporate culture?
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Key Takeaways from Workstyle
- Understand why the traditional 9-to-5 workday is an outdated relic of the Industrial Revolution and how abandoning it can empower previously excluded workers.
- Learn how to shift professional measurement from hours spent at a desk to actual output produced, granting you the freedom to choose when and where you work.
- Discover the three core principles of the workstyle revolution: asynchronous working, a digital-first focus, and a trust-based environment.
- Find out how customizing your work schedule to fit your personal life significantly improves wellbeing, allowing you to seamlessly adapt to different life phases.
- Explore how breaking free from the physical office expands your learning opportunities, enabling you to connect with global perspectives and grow on your own terms.
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Workstyle
Concept & Origins
Rejects 9-to-5 as a 200-year-old industrial relic
Rewards actual output and results, not hours at a desk
Transfers scheduling power from companies to individuals
Freedom to choose exactly when and where you work
Three Core Principles
Asynchronous working
Digital-first
Trust-based environments
Improves Wellbeing
Removes pressure to conform, boosting authenticity and mental health
Shapes schedules around health, family, and personal purpose
Adapts seamlessly to life phases like illness or parenting
Enables self-directed, global learning beyond company values
Requires personal accountability to design your own development
Boosts Productivity
Aligns work with personal circadian rhythms and energy peaks
Prioritizes actual productivity over mere physical presence
Optimizes environment for either deep focus or lively collaboration
Allows mind wandering during chores to spark creative ideas
Enables highly efficient project handoffs across global time zones
Drives Societal Good
Removes barriers for disabled, neurodivergent, and caregiving workers
Reduces discrimination by mitigating physical and visual biases
Fosters diverse collective intelligence to solve complex global problems
Creates psychological safety to take risks and challenge norms
Actionable Steps
Map your personal energy peaks and valleys throughout the day
Schedule non-work activities first, then fit work around them
Identify environments and people that maximize your happiness and focus
Compare ideal workstyle to current reality and adjust accordingly
Advocate for workstyle with coworkers to build revolutionary momentum
Quiz — Test Your Understanding
Question 1 of 6
According to the authors, what fundamental flaw exists in the traditional 9-to-5 working day?
Workstyle — Full Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Recommendation
Chapter 2: Workstyle — the concept
Chapter 3: Workstyle helps you stay well
Chapter 4: Workstyle helps you work smarter
Chapter 5: Workstyle helps you do good
Workstyle Summary & Overview
Workstyle: A revolution for wellbeing, productivity and society (2022) introduces the concept of workstyle: the freedom to choose when and where we work. By examining the outdated history of the standard 9 to 5 working week in the light of the modern digital age, the authors lay the foundation for an individualized and autonomous way of working.
Who Should Listen to Workstyle?
- Career-optimizers who feel that our current way of working is inefficient or unnecessary.
- People with disabilities or challenges which exclude them from the regular 9 to 5.
- Visionaries who dare to dream of a better world.
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