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Reflections on AI systems, tools, and the 4-day week

One of the things I've seen while working on and studying the 4-day week movement is that different topics get hot for a while. This season, it's been

By |2024-10-06T12:25:32-07:00October 6th, 2024|4-day workweek, Advice, Technology|Comments Off on Reflections on AI systems, tools, and the 4-day week

United Auto Workers strike for a 4-day week

The United Auto Workers has gone on strike against all three of the big automakers, and one of their demands is a 4-day week. Regardless of whether it

By |2023-09-15T09:07:03-07:00September 15th, 2023|4-day workweek, Business and work, Current Affairs, Work|Comments Off on United Auto Workers strike for a 4-day week

“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

By |2023-01-18T14:21:18-08:00January 18th, 2023|4-day workweek, Business and work|Comments Off on “Rethink Your Employee Value Proposition” and the 4-day week

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

By |2023-01-04T07:13:25-08:00January 4th, 2023|4-day workweek, Business and work|Comments Off on Compressed weeks, employee morale, and work-life balance: Evidence from Sharjah, UAE

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

By |2022-12-15T11:41:23-08:00December 15th, 2022|4 Day Week Global, 4-day workweek, Business and work|Comments Off on Juliet Schor on the 4-day week: Companies “took this opportunity to totally rethink how they were doing things”

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

By |2022-12-13T19:54:05-08:00December 13th, 2022|4 Day Week Global, 4-day workweek, Business and work|Comments Off on Bruce Daisley on lessons from the UK 4-day week trial

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

By |2022-12-13T19:44:51-08:00December 13th, 2022|4 Day Week Global, 4-day workweek, Business and work, Companies|Comments Off on Hutch Games adopts a 4-day week!
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