Macy’s uses Microsoft MyAnalytics to get a clearer picture of how time is spent in meetings across the organization. By surfacing data on things like meeting length, frequency, and overlap, teams can identify which meetings are truly useful and which can be shortened, combined, or removed.

With these insights, Macy’s encourages employees to:

• Reduce recurring meetings that don’t add clear value
• Shorten default meeting times when a full hour isn’t needed
• Be more intentional about who really needs to attend

This data-driven approach helps Macy’s cut wasteful meetings and make collaboration time more focused and productive.

Microsoft MyAnalytics gives Macy’s employees personal insights into how much time they spend in meetings, on email, and in focused work. By seeing this breakdown, people can spot patterns—such as days that are overloaded with meetings or long stretches of fragmented time.

Using this information, Macy’s teams can:

• Block out focus time on their calendars for deep work
• Reschedule or decline low-priority meetings
• Rebalance their week to protect time for strategic and creative projects

The result is more calendar space for innovation, with employees better able to plan when they collaborate and when they concentrate on higher-value tasks.

MyAnalytics provides Macy’s employees with personal, private dashboards that show how they spend their work hours. This includes data on meeting time, email habits, after-hours work, and focus time.

Armed with this information, employees can:

• Set boundaries around after-hours work based on actual data
• Adjust their calendars to align with their priorities
• Have more informed conversations with managers about workload and time use

Because the insights are tailored to each person, MyAnalytics helps Macy’s reimagine how individuals manage their time, making it easier for employees to protect their schedules and work in more sustainable, effective ways.