Most knowledge workers are so entangled in obligations and commitments and legacy methods of getting things done that there’s often no easy way to reduce this load in one bold move. Sprint processes offer an indirect alternative.

Other companies set up ROWEs (Results-Only Work Environments), in which employees don’t have set schedules, all meetings are optional, and it’s entirely up to employees how they spend their time working. They can choose to work from home, they can work from 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM if it suits them, and they can sculpt their job however they want, as lon