Articles – Glitches

Mastering the Art of Temperature Control: Boosting Productivity and Enhancing Sleep

When our core temperature is higher, we tend to be more alert and productive; conversely, when it's lower, we naturally feel more inclined to sleep or rest.

Unlocking Peak Performance: The Circadian Productivity Formula

Sluggish start to the week? Struggling to stay focused? Wishing you could effortlessly tap into peak performance every single day? Well, the secret to achieving this lies within the untapped realm of our circadian rhythm—the body's internal clock that regulates our sleep-wake cycle and influences our daily energy patterns. Understanding...

Leverage the power of your body clock for focus, productivity and creativity

Bombarded with 'focus and productivity hacks’? Me too. That’s why I was surprised to discover that I had never come across the one thing that has the biggest impact on how focused and productive we are everyday: the circadian rhythm.

Getting in-sync with your circadian rhythm may just be the key to better health, sleep and focus

Our body clock determines our daily life experience: our energy levels; the quality of our sleep; peak concentration and focus times; levels of motivation; and, even our creativity. Research has also demonstrated that living out-of-sync with your body clock can be detrimental to our health and performance.

How to Encourage Innovation in Your Team with Walt Disney's 3-step Method

Disney took his ideas through 3 separate stages of progression. Each ‘stage' required him to take on a different perspective: the dreamer, the realist and the critic.

Feeling exhausted? Sleep might not be the fix you need...

A week of work can feel long. Especially when your schedule is filled with back-to-back meetings, putting out fires and dealing with Susan from accounting. Weeks like this can leave you feeling exhausted, the kind of exhausted that lead you to spend a whole weekend in bed. But more sleep may not be what you...

Stress is awesome. Here's why...

The familiar feeling of stress can hit us at game-changing moments in our lives. Whether it’s pitching for funding or shooting for a goal, no matter how much you prepare, stress can sometimes get the better of us. On top of this, we are frequently told that stress is bad...

Less is more: why additive solutions aren't always best

‘Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do’. — Steve Jobs Additive solutions are often viewed as higher value, due to the perceived time and effort that has gone into them. However, if we took more time considering which elements are actually causing the problem,...

How to stay proactive in the midst of chaos

When confronted with a potential challenge or threat 70% of people exhibit normalcy bias. This leads to cognitive paralysis, resulting in complete inaction. Normalcy bias has also been called analysis paralysis or the ostrich effect, and the negative panic by first responders.