t
Loading...

Juliet Schor at TED: “The 4-day week is a downpayment on a new way to live and work”

Juliet Schor's TED talk about the 4-day week is now online: I've been studying work since the 1980s, and I've never seen anything like what's happening today. Pandemic-fueled

By |2022-05-11T10:05:20-07:00May 11th, 2022|4-day workweek, Business and work, Companies, Current Affairs, Top post|Comments Off on Juliet Schor at TED: “The 4-day week is a downpayment on a new way to live and work”

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”

A week of talking about the 4-day week on the radio

Today I was on WAMU news show 1A, talking about (of course) the 4-day week. You can listen here, though the embed might work too: This follows a

By |2021-07-21T21:40:04-07:00July 21st, 2021|4-day workweek, Media, News, SHORTER, Top post|Comments Off on A week of talking about the 4-day week on the radio

The 4-day week on TED Ideas

My latest article about the 4-day week is now out on the TED Ideas Web site. In recent decades, globalization, outsourcing, automation, digitization and, most recently, the rise

By |2021-12-22T15:53:42-08:00July 9th, 2021|4-day workweek, Business and work, Future, Pandemic, Top post, Writing|Comments Off on The 4-day week on TED Ideas

Talking about the 4-day week on KQED Forum

I was on KQED's Forum today, talking about the 4-day week. There was quite the all-star lineup: Charlotte Lockhart, Leena Yousefi (whose law firm YLaw is trialing a

By |2021-05-04T11:02:53-07:00May 4th, 2021|4-day workweek, Business and work, Media, Top post|Comments Off on Talking about the 4-day week on KQED Forum

Articles and interviews on 4-day weeks, the pandemic, and reopening

I've been doing a lot of writing and speaking about how the 4-day week can play a role in helping companies reopen safely and more quickly, and give

By |2021-07-26T10:40:11-07:00November 10th, 2020|4-day workweek, Business and work, Pandemic, SHORTER, Top post, Writing|Comments Off on Articles and interviews on 4-day weeks, the pandemic, and reopening

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

My Fast Company article on the pandemic and 4-day week

I've got a new piece in Fast Company about how companies are moving from lockdown to 4-day weeks: Many businesses that moved to remote work in response to

By |2021-07-26T10:40:11-07:00August 20th, 2020|4-day workweek, Articles, Pandemic, SHORTER, Top post, Writing|Comments Off on My Fast Company article on the pandemic and 4-day week
Go to Top