Evidence

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"Measuring overall ‘makers’ productivity is an extremely difficult and biased endeavor"

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Source title We have data on the performance of >50k engineers from 100s of companies.

Source authors Yegor Denisov-Blanch, Igor Ciobanu, Simon Obstbaum and Michal Kosinski

Source year 2024

Confidence low

Importance mid

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"A North Korean remote IT worker scheme obtained jobs at more than 100 U.S. companies"

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Source title Two U.S. Nationals Sentenced for Facilitating Fraudulent Remote Information Technology Worker Scheme that Generated $5M in Revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Source authors U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs

Source year 2026

Confidence high

Importance low

Format Online paper / PDF

"Younger and less-tenured software engineers received larger mentoring and code-quality benefits from coworker proximity"

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Source title The Power of Proximity to Coworkers

Source authors Natalia Emanuel, Emma Harrington, Amanda Pallais

Source year 2026

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Online paper / PDF

"On the extra-thumb brainstorming task, nominal groups generated about 76% more responses than interacting groups"

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Source title Does Group Participation When Using Brainstorming Facilitate or Inhibit Creative Thinking?

Source authors Donald W. Taylor, Paul C. Berry, Clifford H. Block

Source year 1958

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Online paper / PDF

"A randomized hybrid-work trial found improved job satisfaction and a one-third reduction in quit rates"

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Source title Hybrid working from home improves retention without damaging performance

Source authors Nicholas Bloom, Ruobing Han, James Liang

Source year 2024

Confidence high

Importance mid

Format Online paper / PDF

"A randomized trial of 1,612 technology-company employees found that working from home two days per week did not damage measured performance"

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Source title Hybrid working from home improves retention without damaging performance

Source authors Nicholas Bloom, Ruobing Han, James Liang

Source year 2024

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Web Page

"In 2022, 85% of leaders surveyed by Microsoft said hybrid work made it harder to feel confident that employees were productive"

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Source title Why Managers and Employees Can’t Agree on How Much Work Is Getting Done

Source authors Microsoft WorkLab

Source year 2022

Confidence high

Importance high

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"PowerPoint editing activity spiked 122% in the final ten minutes before meetings"

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Source title Breaking down the infinite workday

Source authors Microsoft WorkLab

Source year 2025

Confidence high

Importance mid

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"Among the top 20% of Microsoft 365 users by meeting volume, 60% of meetings were unscheduled or ad hoc"

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Source title Breaking down the infinite workday

Source authors Microsoft WorkLab

Source year 2025

Confidence high

Importance mid

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"Among the top 20% of Microsoft 365 users by ping volume, Microsoft counted about 275 work pings across a 24-hour day"

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Source title Breaking down the infinite workday

Source authors Microsoft WorkLab

Source year 2025

Confidence high

Importance high