Early results from the 4 Day Week Global trials
We're beginning to get preliminary results of the 4 Day Week Global trial running in Ireland and the UK. Not surprisingly (to me), the news is positive. Anna
Shorter workweek and Singapore
A new episode of the Singapore Straits Times' Work Talk Podcast takes on the 4-day week. I talk about it along with "Ms Louisa Lee, CEO of DP
How to convince your boss to trial a 4-day week
I forgot to post about this when it came out a few weeks ago, but MSNBC ran a piece about "how to convince your boss to trial a
Emma Lewzey and Blue Sky Philanthropy on the 4-day week
Emma Lewzey at Blue Sky Philanthropy did a Facebook Live presentation about the 4-day week. Despite my comments (which I don't think are visible in the video), she
Juliet Schor at TED: “The 4-day week is a downpayment on a new way to live and work”
Juliet Schor's TED talk about the 4-day week is now online: I've been studying work since the 1980s, and I've never seen anything like what's happening today. Pandemic-fueled
#FocusFriday at SAP
Software giant SAP recently announced that it was implementing #FocusFriday in its German offices. As executive Cawa Younosi explained on LinkedIn, Intention behind Focus Friday is to guarantee
Talking about the 4-day week on China Global TV
I was on China Global TV, talking about (what else?) the 4-day week: While it looks like I'm either broadcasting from an earthquake zone or imitating the 1960s
London law firms and the 4-day week
The Times of London has an article asking, “Will law firms embrace the four-day week?” Of course, as I’ve written about previously, there are firms that have already
Edinburgh creative agency Lux adopts a 4-day week
Edinburgh creative agency Lux has mvoed permanently to a 4-day week. They’d run a trial period for two years, and “the agency reports that overall efficiency has increased
“ After nearly two years, we’ve felt more confident than ever:” The 4-day week at Buffer
One of the objections I sometimes hear about the 4-day week is along the lines of, “Sure it sounds good at first, but aren’t the happiness and productivity