Night Shift Progress Report: Our offices procured the white noise machine on Friday, facilitating an official merge of Night Shift workspaces. N.Lo now works at the desk next to K.Lo's, with the barrier on his desk partially removed so they can wave to each other while working.

I am tentatively pleased to report that work productivity since the merger has been remarkably high. Both employees have stayed at their desks, working more or less for the entire shift, and requesting little or no supervision. The CEO and I are most proud of our employees, particularly K.Lo, for this accomplishment, and can only hope, wish, dream, and pray that productivity will continue to be so high in the nights to come. Until this point, The Lo. Co. has experienced only short bouts of consistent Night Shift productivity, only to have this happy little bubble burst.

Small changes to Night Shift protocol do seem to be helping. The sound machine stays on all night, playing "ocean waves," or "summer nights" with the crickets, or whatever. The chosen sound doesn't seem to matter so far, but the sound absorption it provides does. Additionally, the Night Shift begins with a music CD. Frankly, I don't know how our employees work through it, but for K.Lo in particular, it's almost becoming a Pavlovian-type trigger for sleep. I say, whatever works for your employees, you take it, and you run.