Adam Smith disliked overwork
https://www.flickr.com/photos/askpang/5500538580/in/photolist-9o4Gu5 Adam Smith's tomb, Edinburgh The report from The Mix about its four-day week had a quote from Adam Smith that "the man who works so moderately as
The Mix’s report on four-day weeks
https://www.flickr.com/photos/askpang/43507534760/in/datetaken/ One of the places I visited in London during my recent recent trip was The Mix, a research consultancy founded in 2012. Almost exactly a year ago,
The Labour Party talks about four-day weeks
https://flic.kr/p/2c1h4zT The City, from the 6th floor of Shoreditch House While I was in England, interviewing companies about how they implement and manage their four-day weeks, the UK's
The slow but essential work of transcribing interviews
https://www.flickr.com/photos/askpang/44401365734/in/album-72157701613811494/ Interviewing Stuart Ralston, owner and head chef at Aizle, Edinburgh The last several days I've been working through the hours of interviews I conducted on the road,
“The Future of Work in an Age of Distraction”
I'm off to Europe today for a 3-week research and speaking tour, but before I leave I wanted to flag this just-published interview I did with Andrew Curry
New studies on physician burnout
The Washington Post has an article on two new studies looking at physician burnout. One looks at burnout among young doctors, while the other underscores how challenging it’s
“It was really unfair that we were being pushed out of the business that we love… because some other people long before us had constructed a system that was broken:” elite restaurants are taking rest seriously
https://www.flickr.com/photos/askpang/5504032913/in/album-72157626196419985/ A few months ago, I came across an article about an Edinburgh restaurant that shifted to a four-day schedule. A couple days ago, I saw the article
Doing what you love doesn’t mean being consumed by it
This morning I saw this tweet by Brooklyn-based illustrator Adam Kurtz: (And yes, I took a screenshot of the tweet rather than figure out how to embed it.
The school day-workday mismatch
The Atlantic has an article asking “Why Does the School Day End 2 Hours Before the Workday?” Across the country, parents are struggling to balance their busy work
This is not a crazy idea
Chris Bailey has a piece in the New York Times about focus, distraction, and quality of work: When it comes to focusing at work, there is no shortage