Workplace Napping Registry
| Mike Corkill | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Presenter, ABC Regional Radio, mid north coast and north coast, NSW |
| Town | Port Macquarie |
| State | NSW |
| Comments | I try to get a 10-15 minute nap before my afternoon program. It helps to defrag and refocus my mind, and clears the fog that builds up during the day. I sit in a lounge chair in the tea room at work. People say I'm bludging, but I tell them I'm meditating - somehow that's considered more acceptable |
| Joseph Conroy | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Town | Bellingen |
| State | NSW |
| Comments | As an artist,I like to paint after sleeping - either early in the morning or after a nap. It helps me access "night consciousness" - the less rational part of my brain. I work from home and nap between about 2 and 3 pm. I feel terrible if I don't. |
| Brendan Torazzi | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | CEO |
| Town | Sydney |
| State | NSW |
| Comments | MetroNaps is a business devoted to napping in the workplace. MetroNaps leases hi-tech sleep Pods to corporate companies in order that their staff can take a 20-minute nap. Benefits of napping are numerous for the workplace as staff become more energised, increase their creative thinking and memory as well as generally being happier. The business was founded in New York several years ago where a nap store operates in the Empire State Building and just off Wall Street. MetroNaps Australia, apart from leasing its Pods to organisations, will be opening its first dedicated nap store in the Sydney CBD later in 2006. We also have a planned roll out around the country, including airports, from 2007. |
| Chris Gray | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Red - Independent Property Education |
| Town | Sydney |
| State | NSW |
| Comments | I definitely agree with napping during work hours. I gave up having a regular job at 31 as I couldn't get through the day without a nap - I was having too many late nights out. I now work for myself and as I speak at early breakfasts or late evening functions I often take a nap during the day. www.goforyourlife.com.au |
| Monica Rosenfeld | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Managing Director , Wordstorm, strategic public relations and writing company, . |
| Town | Sydney |
| State | NSW |
| Comments | ?Productivity is about people feeling good ? and if my staff need to take a nap to feel good, that?s fine with me. I trust that my staff, so I?m not concerned that they?ll abuse their nap-time.? |
| Kellie Mills | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | People-skills Trainer |
| Town | Newcastle |
| State | NSW |
| Comments | If I?ve worked all day and need to go out and conduct training that night, I go into the board room around 5 pm and tell my staff that I?m not taking any calls. I lie flat on the floor with my head on a phone book for 10-15 minutes. Before I nap I feel as though ?I can?t be bothered?, afterwards I?m refreshed and ready to go, it gives me a second wind. |