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
Wellness Wednesdays at PTHR
I recently wrote an article for Fast Company about companies that have adopted 4-day weeks during the pandemic. They’ve discovered during the lockdown that responding to the demands
My Fast Company article on the pandemic and 4-day week
I've got a new piece in Fast Company about how companies are moving from lockdown to 4-day weeks: Many businesses that moved to remote work in response to
What online and offline chess tournaments can tell us about the impact of lockdowns on cognitive performance
Researchers have been studying the productivity effects of remote work and work from home for years, and generally the results have trended in a positive direction. Stanford
Morrisons UK set to trial a 4-day workweek
UK supermarket giant Morrisons has announced that it will trial a 4-day workweek at its Bradford corporate HQ, in the north of England. The headquarters will actually be
“ treating child care like a combination of a lottery and a blood sport has never been a solution. It’s just been a secret.”
In some of my recent conversations about the pandemic and future of work, I’ve argued that our mass live-streamed work-from-home reality TV / social experiment has revealed just
The 4-day week in Liverpool
The Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place at the University of Liverpool just published "Transitioning Towards a Four Day Working Week: Evidence Review and Insights From