The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working
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The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working is a business and self-help book by Tony Schwartz that argues for managing energy rather than time to improve performance, health, and satisfaction at work.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T805958 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working Context triple: [Tony Schwartz, notableWork, The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working]
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A.
Work on It
"Work on It" is a musical track, likely a song title, referenced as part of a larger recording or album.
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B.
Work: A Story of Experience
"Work: A Story of Experience" is a semi-autobiographical novel by Louisa May Alcott that follows a young woman’s struggles for independence and meaningful employment in 19th-century America.
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C.
The City That Works
"The City That Works" is a civic motto highlighting Portland, Oregon’s reputation for effective local governance, urban planning, and livability.
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D.
No Way to Stop It
"No Way to Stop It" is a song from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music," known for its cynical, conversational take on political inevitability.
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E.
The War You Don't See
The War You Don't See is a documentary film by journalist John Pilger that critically examines how the media shapes public perception of war and conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working Target entity description: The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working is a business and self-help book by Tony Schwartz that argues for managing energy rather than time to improve performance, health, and satisfaction at work.
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A.
Work on It
"Work on It" is a musical track, likely a song title, referenced as part of a larger recording or album.
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B.
Work: A Story of Experience
"Work: A Story of Experience" is a semi-autobiographical novel by Louisa May Alcott that follows a young woman’s struggles for independence and meaningful employment in 19th-century America.
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C.
The City That Works
"The City That Works" is a civic motto highlighting Portland, Oregon’s reputation for effective local governance, urban planning, and livability.
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D.
No Way to Stop It
"No Way to Stop It" is a song from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music," known for its cynical, conversational take on political inevitability.
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E.
The War You Don't See
The War You Don't See is a documentary film by journalist John Pilger that critically examines how the media shapes public perception of war and conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
business book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ self-help book ⓘ |
| advocates |
aligning work with personal values
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renewal rituals during the workday ⓘ setting boundaries between work and personal life ⓘ |
| author | Tony Schwartz ⓘ |
| basedOn | research on performance and well-being ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Catherine McCarthy
ⓘ
Jean Gomes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticizes |
long-hour work cultures
ⓘ
time management as the primary productivity strategy ⓘ |
| dimensionOfEnergy |
emotional energy
ⓘ
mental energy ⓘ physical energy ⓘ spiritual energy ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
creating positive work rituals
ⓘ
importance of rest and recovery ⓘ managing attention rather than time alone ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
energy management
ⓘ
health at work ⓘ job satisfaction ⓘ sustainable high performance ⓘ |
| format |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ |
| genre |
business
ⓘ
management ⓘ self-help ⓘ |
| hasCentralConcept | four dimensions of energy ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
business professionals
ⓘ
knowledge workers ⓘ managers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
employee well-being
ⓘ
productivity ⓘ work performance ⓘ work–life balance ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| proposes | managing energy rather than time ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| publisher | Free Press ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Power of Full Engagement ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working Description of subject: The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working is a business and self-help book by Tony Schwartz that argues for managing energy rather than time to improve performance, health, and satisfaction at work.
Referenced by (6)
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