BRNSFT's Productivty Blog
Tags
- AI
- Agents
- Change
- Context Switching
- Decent Work
- Economic Impact
- Employee Engagement
- Employee Well-being
- Generative AI
- Habits
- LLM
- LLM Agents
- Mindset
- Positive
- Productivity
- Routine
- Routines
- Well-Being
- Well-being
- Workplace Dignity
- attention management
- brain
- burnout
- burnout prevention
- cognitive
- cognitiveload
- comfort zone
- concentration
- deep work
- digital nomad
- digital wellbeing
- efficiency
- environment
- ergonomics
- eventsegmentation
- focus
- home office
- mental health
- mentalhealth
- mentalwellbeing
- mindfulness
- modern science based solutions
- productivity
- science
- time management
- work habits
- work-life balance
- workspace design
Latest Blogs
Working With Your Chronotype: A Guide to Natural Productivity
Are you fighting your biology with a one-size-fits-all schedule? Understanding your chronotype can unlock productivity you didn't know you had.
Cognitive Offloading: The Smart Way to Extend Your Memory
Your brain has limited working memory. Learn the art and science of cognitive offloading—strategically using external tools to amplify mental capacity.
How Social Media Rewires Your Brain: The Neuroscience
Social media isn't just changing behavior—it's physically reshaping neural pathways. Understanding the neuroscience can help you take back control.
Creative Rest: Why Doing Nothing Is Productive
The most productive thing you can do is sometimes nothing at all. Understand the neuroscience of creative rest and how strategic idleness fuels breakthrough thinking.
Decision Fatigue: Why Your Choices Get Worse Throughout the Day
Every decision depletes a finite resource. By afternoon, your decision quality has significantly degraded. Learn to protect and strategically deploy your decision-making capacity.
Email Management for Deep Workers: Escape the Inbox
Email is the single biggest threat to knowledge worker productivity. Learn battle-tested strategies to tame your inbox without missing anything important.
The Ambient Environment: How Sound, Light, and Temperature Affect Focus
Your physical environment profoundly impacts cognitive performance. From lighting to soundscapes, here's what research says about optimizing ambient conditions for focus.
Cognitive Load Theory: Why Your Brain Feels Full
Your working memory has hard limits. Understanding cognitive load theory explains why some tasks feel impossible and how to design work that respects your brain's architecture.
Ultradian Rhythms: Working With Your Natural 90-Minute Cycles
Your brain naturally cycles between high and low alertness every 90-120 minutes. Learn to harness these ultradian rhythms for effortless productivity.
Attention Residue: The Hidden Productivity Killer
When you switch tasks, part of your attention stays behind. Understanding attention residue explains why some work sessions feel effortless while others feel like pushing through mud.
Energy Management vs. Time Management: A Paradigm Shift
Time is fixed, but energy is renewable. Learn why managing your energy—not just your calendar—is the key to sustainable high performance.
The Science-Backed Morning Routine for Peak Cognitive Performance
Your first hour sets the tone for your entire day. Discover the neuroscience behind optimal morning routines and how to design yours for maximum mental clarity.
The Standing Desk Debate: What Research Actually Shows
Standing desks are popular but controversial. Review the scientific evidence and learn how to actually benefit from sit-stand workstations.
Productive Procrastination: Using Structured Avoidance to Your Advantage
Not all procrastination is wasteful. Learn to harness structured procrastination for unexpected productivity gains.
Email Anxiety: The Psychology Behind Inbox Stress and How to Overcome It
Email creates unique psychological pressure. Understand why your inbox feels overwhelming and implement strategies for sustainable email management.
Acoustic Design for the Home Office: Sound Science for Focus
Sound profoundly affects cognitive performance. Learn to design your acoustic environment for optimal concentration and reduced stress.
Breaking Creative Blocks: Neuroscience-Based Solutions
Creative blocks have neurological causes—and neurological solutions. Understand the science and apply evidence-based strategies to restore creative flow.
The Science-Backed Morning Routine for Peak Mental Performance
Your first hours shape your entire day. Build a morning routine based on neuroscience for sustained energy and focus.
The Information Diet: How to Curate Your Inputs for Mental Clarity
You are what you consume—including information. Learn to audit and optimize your information diet for improved thinking and reduced anxiety.
The Role of Peripheral Vision in Focus and Productivity
Your visual field affects your cognitive state. Learn how to optimize your environment to leverage peripheral vision for better focus.