Productivity training in New YorkGive the team its hours back.
A productivity workshop for New York teams losing the week to meetings, with rules they can start the next morning.
- New York, in person or hybrid
New York
New York teams whose calendar ate the week
New York knowledge teams lose the day to meetings that should have been a note. This session puts the manager and the team in one conversation about that load.
We run it at the New York studio or your office, which is when the rules tend to stick, or hybrid if the group is split. You do not leave with a new app. You leave with fewer meetings and a rhythm you can use next week. The method sits behind the book Time Rich.
- For New York knowledge teams and the managers whose calendar is the bottleneck.
- At the New York studio, your office, or hybrid if the group is split.
- Fewer meetings and a short list of tools to keep. Not another app.
- The day uses your calendar.
The problem
Always on. Never done.
Meeting overload
Calendars packed wall-to-wall, leaving no time to do the actual work.
Death by busywork
Best people buried in low-value admin that could be cut or automated.
No room to think
Constant pings and context-switching kill the deep work that moves the needle.
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What you'll walk away with
By the end of the day, your team will have
- A clear audit of where the team's time actually goes
- A hit-list of low-value work to cut, automate or delegate
- A meeting culture worth defending, fewer, shorter, sharper
- Systems that protect deep, focused work
- Team norms and rituals designed to make it all stick
What we cover
The flow of the day
- 01
Audit the time drain
Where the hours really go, and what they're worth.
- 02
Cut & automate
Eliminate, delegate or automate the low-value work first.
- 03
Fix meeting culture
Fewer, shorter, sharper, with rules the team actually keeps.
- 04
Design for deep work
Protect focus time and tame the notification firehose.
- 05
Build lasting rituals
Team norms that hold once the workshop's over.
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Our book
Time Rich
What if productivity wasn't about squeezing more into every hour, but about making more room for the work that actually matters? Time Rich explores practical ideas for better time management, focused work and building a more productive way of working.
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Questions about running this in New York
Can the productivity workshop run in New York?
Yes. In person is stronger, because the manager and the team agree the rules together. Hybrid works if the group is split.
Does the New York manager have to attend?
Yes if their diary is why the team has no time. The team cannot protect focus while that person accepts every meeting.
How do we book productivity training in New York?
Use the contact form. Tell us where the week goes, the group size and whether you want a half day or a full day.
Is a New York productivity day a software rollout?
No. Most teams already have too many tools. The work is the meeting load and a few rules.
Ready to win the hours back?
Tell us where the time goes, we'll shape a workshop around it.