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Founder at Data Idols⚡Growing data teams for the UK's most ambitious brands! 🦄 40k+ data professionals community🚀

On Friday, we have our first Life Admin Day (LAD)! I wrote a whole AI-assisted blurb about it but have canned that off as it sounded nothing like me 🙄 I'm shutting the business on the last Friday of every month, giving the team 12 extra days off yearly. I wish there were some well-thought-out, researched, scientific reasons for doing it, but there isn't. The world of work is changing, and we're coming off the back of an incredibly hard year. I wanted something that would improve work/life for my team while saying thanks for all they do! LAD was born. (If this takes off, remember where you heard it first!) Where did LAD come from? I have no idea; like most things, I made it up 😂 ... I hope that having a day every month where we are all off, with no emails, notifications, or Slack messages, improves our well-being. As a business owner, my gamble is that by doing this, we don't lose 12 days of productivity, but the regular rest and reset increases our output. Time will tell. We'll have some fun doing it. I'll update you all here. Wish me luck. #business #startup #modernwork #flexiblework

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Joseph Sweeney

Founder of MannersMaclean.com. Partnering consumer groups to transform their business with a global network of disruptive leaders

9mo

LAD - love it mate. Keep me posted on how it goes

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Adrian G Ward

Solution Design and Delivery with Data and AI - I handle readiness through to delivery for bespoke builds

9mo

Love it David!

Sandi Conroy

Career & Executive Coach

9mo

Great idea, I would've loved this when I was with a company! As a self-employed person I do 'Maintenance Monday' where I get the bulk of my appointments and admin out of the way.

Ed Ross

Talent & People @ Aiven 🦀

9mo

I need this in my life!

Scot Ferguson

Senior TA / Recruiter - Available December

9mo

Meanwhile people elsewhere still list 28 days leave in the "Benefits" section of the job ad 🤣🙌

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Sam Merron

Talent Acquisition Manager & Founder of Bonsai Talent 💻| Professional Dad & Husband ❤️| Amateur Cyclist🚴🏽♂️| Cold Brew Coffee Master ☕️| Beatles #1 Fan 🎸

9mo

Lad Lad Lad

Chris Dutton

Sourcing Award Winner | Sourcing MVP Microsoft EMEA 2021-2022 +44 7970 610710 GTM | GTM Leadership | Executive - sourcing and recruitment In excess of £3 million of value over 4 years

9mo

Great David Loughlan 👍

Leila Seith Hassan

Chief Data Officer | BIMA Champions for Change | DataIQ Top 100 | DMA Committee Chair | Lover of numbers. Leader of teams.

9mo

Love this! Great idea.

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Oooo very interesting David! Would love to see the effect this has over the coming months, may be the new norm haha. May need to patent LAD…😆

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