NOTe call it more siesta. Call it: power nap. The name alone makes him look like a superhero. It does not rest, it gives power. Faced with a horde of monsters armed with flails, brandish the power nap and rout your enemies! Let’s come back down to earth: power nap is, more prosaically, the name given to a short nap, in corporate jargon.
Welcome to a world where humans, like a smartphone, must “recharge their batteries” rather than sleep. The expression power nap was invented by the American psychologist James B. Maas, in his book power-sleep, published in 1998 (untranslated). It is an “energizing” nap, lasting five to twenty minutes, to be taken as soon as fatigue is felt. It allows you to regain your efficiency at work, or even… to gain some.
NASA showed it in 2015: twenty minutes of nap can increase productivity by up to 35%
Because NASA (the American space agency) showed it, in support of a study, in 2015: twenty minutes of nap can increase productivity by up to 35%. From then on, companies could only sweeten the snooze. The University of Chicago has given a layer, showing that the nap reduces stress. The directorates of occupational health have therefore consecrated it.
If, in Japan, falling asleep at the office is culturally anchored, since theinemuriwhich could be translated as “sleeping while being present” (to be distinguished from hirunathe actual and intentional siesta), has existed for more than a millennium, France has long been reluctant to this practice.
Nap cocoons at the office
Nevertheless, medium-sized companies are beginning to equip themselves. To get them into the professional world without making too many waves, they call on start-ups that provide tailor-made solutions. This is the case of Nap & Up, which specializes in “corporate nap furniture”. Since 2016, it has been supplying elegant “nap cocoons”, lounge chairs equipped with colorful folding hoods, like state-of-the-art strollers, connected to applications to stream music and reserve a time slot.
But this offer, for the young company, must be thought of as a whole: “There needs to be a diagnostic phase to assess the needs of our customers and ensure that the project works over the long term, explains co-founder Camille Desclée. Afterwards, the object in itself is enough. Its flexibility is also our bet. For example, it can be deployed in a meeting room, between 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. »
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