chronobiology

Whilst Daniel Pink’s “When” might have suffered a bit from the scientific replication crisis that plagues books of this era, I think it makes an interesting if slightly obvious point — work out what time of day you do your best work, and then work out how to ensure that time is when you do work. I think that perhaps the general trend towards working from home makes this a bit more possible than it would otherwise be, but it’s certainly true that employers of even remote employees do love to impose a schedule based largely on ideas from a different century. Ironically, I say this as someone who naturally gets up early and is pretty smashed by about 9pm. That is, the traditional work day works quite well for me.

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