Cleared, Unquiet

To determine whether a no-meeting Wednesday reduces after-hours email

A research poster from the School of Continuous Improvement reports a pre-registered 78-week study of 47 open-plan floors, finding that a published no-meeting Wednesday does not reduce same-week after-hours email (mean Δ = 0.05 sends/person/week; r = 0.04). On the strength of the null, People & Culture writes the day into the team charter as a standing fixture, with internal room bookings refused and no manager override.

@misc{slop_s209bp,
  author       = {Renke Sabel and Hedvig Anyanwu and Lindiwe Achterberg},
  title        = {Cleared, Unquiet: To determine whether a no-meeting Wednesday reduces after-hours email},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.s209bp},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-to-determine-whether-s209bp/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research poster},
}