"The idea of everyone coming in five days a week and working from 8 till 10 p.m., I think that we're not going to have that anymore.”
“Remote, Inc.” is on this list of "books that offer insight and guidance for negotiating the work-life balance … "
Today's guest is [Senior Lecturer] Bob Pozen ... He teaches a course at MIT Sloan called “Maximizing your own Productivity.”
"Although hours are easy to measure, they are a poor proxy for productivity in a knowledge-based organization."
"In a knowledge-based economy, the hours worked are an input, not an output ... the boss should be mainly interested in results – the outputs."
Bob Pozen suggests that flexibility might trickle down to what you’re expected to wear. “[Workers] don’t want some rigid dress code."
More states may allow some high-income business owners to get around the $10,000 limit on federal deductions for state and local taxes.
“Each team has to decide what's the optimal combination of hybrid of office and home for that team."
“...proposals to increase corporate taxes deserve serious consideration...a modified approach to corporate tax reform would be more realistic."
Bob Pozen joins Jim Braude to discuss how the pandemic has opened up conversations about reducing inequality.
