In meetings at the workplace, men often prefer sitting facing doors, whereas women are more comfortable with their back to the door. This and many other modern-day behaviors stem from hard-wiring over centuries, from our caveman days. Grab a copy of 'Work Workers and Workplaces' here.

How do rest and sleep work? When we sleep, the conscious mind rests, while the sub-conscious mind continues to be active. Seemingly unrelated dots get connected, and one often opens up with clarity, if not a Eureka moment. How does this happen? Grab a copy of 'Work Workers Workplaces' here

Leaders have conventionally focused on 'how to make the workplace more transparent' or 'how to make the office more collaborative' or 'how to make the office more cheerful'. The time now is to ask 'How do you motivate employees to come to work?' Once the question changes the stakeholders involved in making this happen change, and solutions found. Grab a copy of 'Work Workers Workplaces' here.

Emailing colleagues seems like a safer option than talking. There is the comfort of time; you do not have to respond immediately. You can even appear smart. But at the same time, the tone of an email can often be misread. The unpredictability of actually talking to someone in person that has a certain consoling quality about it. Grab a copy of 'Work Workers Workplaces' here

Instead of debating the merits of working from home vs. the demerits of it, one needs to look at the benefits of working from home or from a coffee shop and explore the possibility of incorporating such benefits at the workplace. Grab a copy of 'Work Workers Workplaces' here.