The Opus Blog

Fairness, focus, security, and safety — the ideas behind Opus.

Ethics

Employee monitoring done right: transparency beats surveillance

The line between legitimate workforce analytics and stalkerware is consent and disclosure. Here is how to stay firmly on the right side of it.

Productivity

How to measure remote-work productivity without micromanaging

Hours online is a terrible metric. Here are the signals that actually reflect productive work, and how to read them fairly.

Analytics

Dead space: what idle computer time really tells you

Idle, locked, and offline time are not all the same. Understanding "dead space" tells you about availability and workflow, not just effort.

Parenting

Keeping kids safe online: a practical parent’s guide

Screen-time fights rarely work. Visibility, conversation, and clear norms do. A calm, practical approach for parents.

Security

Computer security basics every small business should have

You do not need an enterprise budget to cover the fundamentals. The high-leverage basics that stop most attacks.

Management

Faster vs. slower: coaching with peer data, not shaming

Peer comparison is powerful and easy to abuse. How to use "who is faster" data to help people, not rank them.

Analytics

What screen-time data can (and can’t) tell you

Activity data is powerful but not omniscient. Knowing its limits is what keeps you from drawing wrong conclusions.

Wellbeing

Preventing burnout with workload visibility

The same data that finds inefficiency can find overload. How to use activity insight to protect your people.

Legal

Company-owned devices: rights, rules, and consent

A plain-language look at monitoring company hardware — what employers can generally do, and the responsibilities that come with it.

Operations

From data to action: turning insights into better departments

Dashboards don’t improve anything by themselves. A simple loop for turning activity insight into real operational change.