“the push for a four-day workweek suggests we do have other things we value”
Washington Post writer Christine Emba makes the case that we should push for a 4-day workweek not because it will make us better producers, but because it will
4-day week proposal in Chile
In the past few months I've seen a flurry of interest in the 4-day week among politicians in a number of countries: Canada's Justin Trudeau, Nicola Sturgeon in
Salesforce finishes gigantic tower, declares 9-to-5 workweek dead
This is something I wrote about in the Atlantic last year: that the pandemic and our grand experiments with working remotely would have a permanent effect on work
“Japan has a latent ability to create flexible work environments and workstyles:” The Liberal Democratic Party discusses a 4-day week
Yesterday I noticed in an article on the Deutsche Welle Web site on the 4-day week, that "Kuniko Inoguchi, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party," put
KCRA and the future of the office
I was on KCRA’s “Press Play” yesterday, talking with Madeleine Brand about the 40-hour week, remote work during COVID, and the future of work. This write-up by Amy
Job Sharing and Beyond podcast
I’m on the latest episode of the podcast Job Sharing and Beyond, talking with Karin Tischler, the founder of Emily’s Path Consulting, about Shorter, flexible work, COVID-19, and
Articles and interviews on 4-day weeks, the pandemic, and reopening
I've been doing a lot of writing and speaking about how the 4-day week can play a role in helping companies reopen safely and more quickly, and give
Temporary 4-day weeks: Shopify and the NBA
There are a number of companies that have discovered during the pandemic that they could permanently shift to a 4-day week (I wrote about some of them for
Talking about routines in the Financial Times
The Financial Times recently launched a new series on "Rebooting the Workplace," which consists of essays by various invited experts on different aspects of the future of work
“Feierabend” and routines during remote work
In a recent Financial Times piece, I made the case for the importance of routines in helping us be productive and happy. In particular, those of us working