If you habitually pop in AirPods when you really, really need to get some work done in your open-concept office, you're far from alone. Nearly 80% of adults listen to music while they work, and ...

Mikael Cho is the co-founder of ooomf, a network that connects short-term software projects with handpicked developers and designers. Mikael writes about psychology, startups, and product marketing ...

For many employees, slipping on headphones is as much a part of starting the workday as logging into email. But whether those playlists actually help people focus or quietly erode performance and ...

The Hum That Helped Me Focus: White Noise at Work: By Anjali Singh Noise is everywhere, from blaring traffic horns to the constant chatter of people around us. This background buzz follows us from ...

Dom Price, the work futurist and former head of research and development at Atlassian, matches the tempo of his playlist at work to the beat of his brain’s output. If he needs to churn through a ...