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“I was also building a completely new frame of reference from the moment I first asked myself whether there might be an alternative to a 5 day week”

British lawyer Emma Haywood has an essay about "The 4 day mindset: Why a 4 day week is more than just an alternative working schedule" that is really

By |2022-08-12T10:26:30-07:00August 12th, 2022|4-day workweek, Advice|Comments Off on “I was also building a completely new frame of reference from the moment I first asked myself whether there might be an alternative to a 5 day week”

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

By |2022-07-24T11:30:36-07:00July 23rd, 2022|4-day workweek, Advice, Business and work, Media|Comments Off on How to convince your boss to trial a 4-day week

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

By |2022-07-13T10:48:46-07:00July 13th, 2022|4-day workweek, Advice, Business and work, Companies|Comments Off on Emma Lewzey and Blue Sky Philanthropy on the 4-day week

The Psyche Guide on “How To Rest Well”

The online magazine Psyche has just published my essay explaining “How To Rest Well.” Downtime is undervalued in today’s busy, always-on world. But for most of human history,

By |2021-12-01T10:09:56-08:00December 1st, 2021|Advice, Articles, REST, Top post|Comments Off on The Psyche Guide on “How To Rest Well”

Dealbook on the 4-day workweek

In the New York Times Dealbook, Kevin Delaney asks, “Is the Four-Day Workweek Finally Within Our Grasp?” Driven by the flexible work arrangements and bonus days off that

By |2021-12-12T11:12:53-08:00December 1st, 2021|4-day workweek, Advice, Business and work, Leisure and hobbies, Pandemic, SHORTER|Comments Off on Dealbook on the 4-day workweek

Designing days to boost creativity: Getting work, chronotypes, and organizations in sync

Anja Svetina Nabergoj, a design thinking and creativity researcher based in Slovenia, writes about how a better understanding your chronotype and help you design better work routines: If

By |2021-07-31T10:49:57-07:00August 2nd, 2021|Advice, Attention / Distraction, Business and work, Creativity|Comments Off on Designing days to boost creativity: Getting work, chronotypes, and organizations in sync

“If you want to move to a 32h week and still be successful, you’ll have to master one thing first:” Wildbit’s 4-day week

Wildbit is a Philadelphia-based software firm that implemented that a 4-day week in 2017; it's one of the companies I talk about in SHORTER, after I spent some

By |2021-06-15T16:00:02-07:00June 15th, 2021|4-day workweek, Advice, Business and work, Companies|Comments Off on “If you want to move to a 32h week and still be successful, you’ll have to master one thing first:” Wildbit’s 4-day week

The benefits of a “fake commute”

A couple months ago I wrote an article for the Financial Times on the power of routines. Angela Haupt writes in The Washington Post about the invention of

By |2021-02-23T12:07:59-08:00February 23rd, 2021|Advice, Business and work, Health / Medicine / Wellness, Routines|Comments Off on The benefits of a “fake commute”

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

By |2021-07-26T10:40:55-07:00October 8th, 2020|4-day workweek, Advice, Articles, Business and work, Pandemic, Routines, Top post, Writing|Comments Off on Talking about routines in the Financial Times
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