“Rethink Your Employee Value Proposition” and the 4-day week
In the January 2023 Harvard Business Review, Amy Edmonson and Mark Mortensen make the case for thinking more holistically and long-term about compensation and retaining talent. It’s a
Compressed weeks, employee morale, and work-life balance: Evidence from Sharjah, UAE
In January 2022, the United Arab Emirates officially adopted a 4.5-day week for its public sector and schools. (I wrote about the change here.) Private-sector companies were not
Korean article about the 4-day week
For those who speak (or just understand) Korean, this new piece on TBS is worth watching:
Juliet Schor on the 4-day week: Companies “took this opportunity to totally rethink how they were doing things”
Juliet Schor talked to Michelle Peng in Time Magazine about the 4-day week trials, and the results she and her team at Boston College are seeing. Of course
Bruce Daisley on lessons from the UK 4-day week trial
Bestselling business writer Bruce Daisley has a piece about “5 Things We Learned from the 4-Day Week Trials.” What were those five things? Firms who implemented the 4
Hutch Games adopts a 4-day week!
London-based mobile games company Hutch just announced on their Web site that after participating in the 4 Day Week Global-organized trial for UK companies, they are making their
“Slow Down A Little Bit:” Brooklyn USA on the 4-day week
The Brooklyn USA podcast takes a deep dive into the 4-day week. Historian Benjamin Hunnicutt has called the push for more free time the “forgotten American dream"; but
Financial Times Working It podcast series on the 4-day week
Over the last couple years the Financial Times has run some of the best articles on the 4-day week (as well as columns on the importance of rest
Talking about the workweek on Newsy
A little while ago I was interviewed about the 4-day week, why the 5-day week exists, and they benefits of working less. I don't see an embed for
“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” Gallery“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”
“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