Trivago CEO uses this penetration to save time

Johannes Thomas, CEO of the hotel search company, Trevago, is trying to keep his morning free, so he has time to chew big ideas.

Thomas wakes up early and tries not to hold meetings before 11 am so he can organize the beginning of his working days around 90 minutes to two hours.

He said the idea is to create a “unprecedented interest” time that can lead to high levels of productivity. This is what Thomas and others often refer in the name of “flow”.

“I only focus on a problem, and I think it is through deep thinking,” Business Insider told Business Insider.

In this way, Thomas said, for lunch, he has already performed a great deal of work. After that, time is allocated to meetings. Thomas said that the afternoon in general is more organized because this is the part of the day that “the cognitive function of most people decreases.”

Finding ways to click on more productivity from working days by reminding the evaluation, e -mail sounds, and DMS challenge to many workers. However, assembling meetings in certain days or times can enhance productivity.

“Time of joint flow”

Thomas said that the 30 -minute meetings that often permeate the calendars of companies can make things worse, “getting you out of these deep thinking conditions that are very important to productivity.”

For this reason, Trivago recommends that the company’s employees, based in Dusseldorf, Germany, depend on the afternoon by trying to keep their calendar free of meetings before 11 am

“We call it a subscriber at the flow of flow,” said Thomas, who returned in 2023 to the company where he started as a trainer in 2011.

Thomas, 38, said that the presence of the routine also helps in his brain’s opinion on how to use these lumps of time when it begins its day. It tends to reserve one block for learning, which may involve the roaming of its head some aspects of artificial intelligence. At other times, it deepens in some aspects of the company.

“Everything that requires cognitive function – comes in these sessions,” said Thomas.

In the afternoon, it will allocate time to respond to emails “because this is usually not a difficult cognitive function.” Thomas said that if the email requires more dedicating attention, it will be divided at the time of his focus.

Learning from the president

Personnel often take the sermon from driving, so when he is responsible for working methods that may limit deviations, which can be widely benefited from organizations, Kate Walker, Human Resources Adviser and CEO in California, said to BI.

She said the opposite could also be true if workers notice continuous fire exercises.

Walker said: “If you see a leader in the summit, wandering and interacting, you may be more inclined to work in this way,” Walker said.

Its customers often recommend that they prevent time in their calendars for concentration and breaks. Walker also said that workers can ask their superiors about meetings that may not need attendance.

The presence of a very large number of meetings on books may be a sign of a cultural defect within an organization, Nir Eyal, author of “Indistration: How to control your attention and choose your life”, as previously told BI. He said in essence, he could indicate that leaders and others are not valued properly the time of workers.

Ultimately, Thomas of Trevago said that a good time management strategy gives him peace of mind. While he has a strong plan and intentions, Thomas estimates that his morning preparation is about 70 % of time. Therefore, he tries to be flexible when necessary.

“I have three children,” he said. “The world is a little messy. Things happen.”