Work hard and go home

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Psychological safety, a forum to talk about problems, and management exemplifying being indestractable are the three important traits at Slack. The company uses emoji to show employees that they are being heard and their concerns are being addressed. The company also promotes the idea of work hard and go home, emphasizing the importance of focus during work hours and spending quality time with family outside of work.

In this new episode Steven sits down with the American behavioural design expert, Nir Eyal.

Nir’s career has focused on behavioural engineering and helping businesses to develop habit-forming products. His work explores the intersection of psychology, technology, and business, and has earned him the label of “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology”. Since 2003, he has co-founded two technology companies, worked as a consultant in product design and taught as a lecturer in Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. Nir is the author of 2 bestselling books, ‘Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products’ and ’Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life.’

In this conversation Nir and Steven discuss topics, such as: