Science can explain why even progressive offices have work-life blues.

How to Build a More Productive Workplace

How to Build a More Productive Workplace

From New America and Slate.
July 5 2018 6:00 AM

Even Progressive Offices Fail at Work-Life Balance

Why no-meeting Wednesdays and work-from-home Fridays may not be enough.

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Science can explain why even progressive offices have work-life blues, and why no-meeting Wednesdays and work-from-home Fridays may not be enough.

In this episode of Better Life Lab, you'll find out how employers can really create a healthier and more productive workplace. Tara Oakman, a former Obama White House official who is currently working as a senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and David Waldman, vice president of human resources and administration at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, weigh in.

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Podcast production by David Schulman.

Better Life Lab is a partnership of Slate and New America.