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Best of: How to be more productive at work
Season 2 · Episode 44

Best of: How to be more productive at work

Tim Harford's tips to start the year with full focus

Working It · Mischa Frankl-Duval

January 2, 202417m 30s

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Show Notes

We all want to achieve more – and produce better work – without spending more time at our desk. Isabel Berwick asks senior FT columnist Tim Harford how best to tackle the problem of productivity. Tim shares some of his top tips for avoiding distraction and creating a state of “flow” at work. Plus, could AI come to the rescue? Originally broadcast June 2023.


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Credits:

Presented by Isabel Berwick, produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s head of audio.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com


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