https://geekyschmidt.com/tags/contract/Recent content in Contract onHugo -- 0.155.3enCopyright © 2002–2025, Nicholas Schmidt; all rights reserved.Sun, 17 May 2009 07:08:12 +0000https://geekyschmidt.com/2009/05/17/the-family-at-work/Sun, 17 May 2009 07:08:12 +0000https://geekyschmidt.com/2009/05/17/the-family-at-work/<p>As we move into a fully connected world there is a bigger expectation that we allow intrusions into our personal lives. While it may be a blackberry or a pager, in today’s world the expectation is that there is no more 9-5. This social contract is acceptable as long as the contract extends both directions.</p> <p>Studies show that employees that visit facebook or twitter are more productive than those that are expected 8 full hours of heads down work. The reason is simple, the brain is designed to process way more information than we can utilize. By pulling away from a problem the synapses can evaluate in a different vantage.</p>