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Shopify scraps 10,000 meetings for employee productivity experiment: interview
Description
January 8, 2023
In one swoop, Shopify estimates it scrapped 10,000 events from corporate calendars as part of a bold experiment from the Ottawa-based company to increase employee productivity over the next few weeks. Farah Nasser speaks with Shopify vice president of engineering Farhan Thawar.
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Shopify scraps 10,000 meetings for employee productivity experiment: interview02:51 | January 8, 2023 -
China imposes 73.5% tariff on Canadian pea starch00:30 | July 2, 2026 -
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Shopify scraps 10,000 meetings for employee productivity experiment: interview02:51 | January 8, 2023
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China imposes 73.5% tariff on Canadian pea starch00:30 | July 2, 2026
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Shopify scraps 10,000 meetings for employee productivity experiment: interview
Description
January 8, 2023
In one swoop, Shopify estimates it scrapped 10,000 events from corporate calendars as part of a bold experiment from the Ottawa-based company to increase employee productivity over the next few weeks. Farah Nasser speaks with Shopify vice president of engineering Farhan Thawar.
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