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Napping on the job

Napping on the job

We explore sleep breaks at work and how a quick nap could make us all more productive

Business Daily · BBC World Service

November 23, 202218m 54s

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Show Notes

Deborah Weitzmann explores whether a quick nap break at work could make us all more productive.

We head to Beijing where an employee tells us about her lunchtime ritual of napping beside her colleagues, and we’ll discover how the pandemic may have helped squash the stigma of sleeping in Western workplaces.

Kate Mulligan, the boss of RestSpace, a company that designs innovative spaces to help people nod off at work, shows us their sleep pods. Also, Dr Guy Meadows, co-founder and clinical director at Sleep School, tells us practice makes perfect when it comes to napping.

Presenter / producer: Deborah Weitzmann Image: RestSpace sleep pod; Credit: Kate Mulligan