Today’s knowledge workers face cognitively demanding tasks and blurred work-life boundaries amidst rising stress and burnout in the workplace. Holistic approaches to supporting workers, which consider both productivity and well-being, are increasingly important. Taking this holistic approach, we designed an intervention inspired by cognitive behavioral therapy that consists of: (1) using the term “Time Well Spent” (TWS) in place of “productivity”, (2) a mobile self-logging tool for logging activities, feelings, and thoughts at work, and (3) a visualization that guides users to reflect on their data. We ran a 4-week exploratory qualitative comparison in the field with 24 graduate students to examine our Therapy-inspired intervention alongside a classic Baseline intervention. Participants who used our intervention often shifted toward a holistic perspective of their primary working hours, which included an increased consideration of breaks and emotions. No such change was seen by those who used the Baseline intervention.

当今的知识工作者面临着认知要求高的任务，并且工作与生活的界限越来越模糊，工作场所的压力和倦怠不断增加。考虑生产力和福祉的整体支持工人的方法变得越来越重要。采用这种整体方法，我们设计了一种受认知行为疗法启发的干预措施，其中包括：（1）使用术语“充分利用时间”（TWS）代替“生产力”，（2）用于记录的移动自我记录工具工作中的活动、感受和想法；(3) 引导用户反思其数据的可视化。我们与 24 名研究生进行了为期 4 周的探索性定性比较，以检验我们的治疗启发干预措施与经典的基线干预措施。使用我们干预措施的参与者往往会转向对主要工作时间的整体看法，其中包括更多地考虑休息和情绪。使用基线干预的人没有看到这样的变化。