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May 17, 2013

How Much Work Is Right?

Erin Callan, the then-Chief Financial Officer of now-defunct Lehman Brothers, learned it the hard way: You are not your job. Recent findings show that the optimal way to get things done may be to spend more time doing less. Downtime allows for the unexpected connections and inspiration that let real work get done. The only question is, How much is right?