The Week contest: Hungry work
Last week's question: Silicon Valley startup Nootrobox has implemented a 36-hour "starvation period," in which employees eat nothing from Monday night to Wednesday morning to boost focus and concentration. If the company were to publish a business book that explains why denying lunch breaks and food to employees makes them more productive, what title should it have?
Click here for the results of last week's contest: Urgent antidote
THE WINNER: "The Art of No Meal"
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Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Fla.
SECOND PLACE: "Lean In Lean"
Kevin Spinner, Mill Valley, Calif.
THIRD PLACE "The Hunger Gains"
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Suzanne Brooks, Quechee, Vt.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Starved for Attention"
Nick Dare, Federal Way, Wash.
"The Wealth of Rations"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vt.
"Thinking Outside the Lunch Box"
Linda Manuel, Stockton, N.J.
"Fast Company"
Harlan Howe, Houston
"The Really Lean Startup"
Tyler Maxey, Atlanta
"No Hunger Pains, No Corporate Gains."
Patrick Tuite, New York City
"Fast Profits"
Gerard F. DeMasi, Yorba Linda, Calif.
"Thriving on Empty"
Tina Cramer, Mansfield, Ohio
"The Fast and the Furiously Creative"
Ellen Malinowski, Wausau, Wis.
"The Less They Chew, the More They Do"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
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