Microsoft’s Work Trend Index shows how the “infinite workday” is reshaping productivity. Based on insights from 31,000 people and trillions of Microsoft 365 signals, it reveals that flexibility has come at a hidden cost.
- Meetings are stealing peak brain hours – Most meetings are set between 10am–2pm, the hours when we’re most capable of deep, focused work.
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Work now stretches across 7 days – A third of users work outside 9–5, often late nights and weekends.
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A 10pm productivity spike has emerged – We now see three work peaks: 10am, 3pm, and 10pm.
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Async is rising, but not enough – Quiet collaboration tools like Teams chat are growing, yet real-time meetings still dominate.
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Flexibility needs boundaries – Without guardrails, flexibility becomes overload—hurting energy, clarity, and output.
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Imagine if your team protected 10am–2pm for real work.
What might you finally get done?
Check out video by our founder Andrew encouraging teams to have no meetings before 10am.
