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Sara Al-Mulla: “Can we devise a policy whereby employees can change their working hours to achieve performance goals, while also complementing their lifestyles?”

In Arab News, writer and Emirati civil servant Sara Al-Mulla makes the argument that we should use the reopening of businesses and government to reconsider how we work,

By |2020-05-28T22:12:20-07:00May 29th, 2020|4-day workweek, Business and work, Current Affairs, SHORTER|Comments Off on Sara Al-Mulla: “Can we devise a policy whereby employees can change their working hours to achieve performance goals, while also complementing their lifestyles?”

Join an all-star cast to discuss “Is a 4-day week the solution for the post-COVID recovery?”

My friends at 4 Day Week have organized an online conference on the subject, "Is a 4-day week the solution for the post-COVID recovery?" It'll happen on June

By |2021-07-26T10:37:28-07:00May 27th, 2020|4-day workweek, Business and work, Current Affairs, Events, SHORTER|Comments Off on Join an all-star cast to discuss “Is a 4-day week the solution for the post-COVID recovery?”

Japanese companies are implementing 4-day weeks as they reopen

Recently I made the case in The Atlantic that companies should adopt a 4-day week in order to make offices and workplaces safer, and to help companies develop

By |2020-11-19T22:58:38-08:00May 26th, 2020|4-day workweek, Business and work, Companies, Current Affairs, Politics and Policy, SHORTER|Comments Off on Japanese companies are implementing 4-day weeks as they reopen

Why the “coronavirus is ‘accelerating’… a major shift toward the shorter workweek”

Miriam Berger at The Washington Post asks, "Will the coronavirus pandemic open the door to a four-day workweek?" One interesting point was made by Henley Business School professor

By |2021-07-26T10:38:00-07:00May 25th, 2020|4-day workweek, Business and work, Current Affairs, SHORTER, Top post|Comments Off on Why the “coronavirus is ‘accelerating’… a major shift toward the shorter workweek”

The Atlantic: Making the case for reopening with a 4-day week

In today's Atlantic I have an essay arguing for reopening businesses on a 4-day week. The argument has two parts. First, offices have proved to be a significant

Chief Learning Officer: Thinking through COVID-19 and the 4-day week

I've been thinking a good bit about the potential impact of COVID-19 (and the next pandemic or global emergency) on the future of work, and particularly whether the

By |2021-07-26T10:37:28-07:00March 23rd, 2020|4-day workweek, Business and work, Current Affairs, SHORTER|2 Comments

Historian of technology David Edgerton: “The state can no longer undertake the radical planning and intervention that might make Brexit work”

David Edgerton, an historian of technology who teaches at King’s College London, writes that “Brexit is a necessary crisis – it reveals Britain’s true place in the world.”

By |2019-10-09T08:52:27-07:00October 9th, 2019|Current Affairs, UK|Comments Off on Historian of technology David Edgerton: “The state can no longer undertake the radical planning and intervention that might make Brexit work”
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