4-day workweek grows in Korea
Kakao Games, the publisher of Guardian Tales and Paths of Exile and maker of social media app Kakao Talk, is moving its staff to a biweekly 4-day week.
4-day weeks in Spain and India
Two very different proposals for 4-day weeks have recently been floated in Spain and India. Last year, the Spanish party Más País got the government to agree to
Government and the 4-day week: The problem of public perception
Acadia Parish in Louisiana recently decided to end its 4-day week for some public workers. The public sector has seen some of the biggest experiments with a 4-day
How 4-day week companies are innovating technology use in knowledge work
Tim Harford as a piece in the Financial Times arguing that “Technology has turned back the clock on productivity.” It’s always good to see Harford writing about work
Talking to Harvard Business Review Korea
For some reason I never posted this when the video first appeared, but a few weeks ago I gave a talk (remote, alas) sponsored by the Korean edition
“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
Danish law firms are experimenting with shorter weeks and flexible hours
If you're familiar at all with legal practice, you know that billable hours are the great driver of professional life. Lawyers measure their billable time in increments as
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
“achieving more by working less” creates “substantial improvement over time”
I talk about, well a little bit of everything, on the Text Request podcast: You want everything your team does to have the largest impact possible. Working long