""The Drugs Young Bankers Use to Get Through the Day" (Page One, Dec. 16) brings to focus the age-old struggle that ambitious professionals face: Sleep or be productive. This classic model rewards those who are willing to burn it at both ends for the company, even at their own expense.
This setup might have served industrial systems, where goods were created by a line of repetitive, manual labor. But it fails our knowledge economy, where the valued prize is less a widget and more an insight.
As a sleep-medicine physician and neurologist, I'm aware of the pile of scientific literature supporting a myriad of brain functions bolstered by sleep. Creativity, inference, memory, emotional fortitude, flexibility -- the list goes on.
Companies looking for a competitive edge might tap in to the resource of sleep to give their executives an edge rather than stick with an outdated model of stimulant-enriched, sleepless nights yielding mediocre minds.
Jeffrey M. Ellenbogen, M.D.
Baltimore" [1]
1. Let Your Employees Sleep. Your Firm Won't Regret It. Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition; New York, N.Y.. 30 Dec 2024: A16.
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