Temporary 4-day weeks: Shopify and the NBA
There are a number of companies that have discovered during the pandemic that they could permanently shift to a 4-day week (I wrote about some of them for
Femma’s report on its 30-hour week
The Belgian research and advocacy group Femma spent 2019 working a 30-hour week, and has just released a report in English [pdf] talking about their experience. One of
Northstar Sleep School podcast on rest and shorter workweeks
I was recently a guest on the Northstar Sleep School podcast, talking about the things I usually talk about. Northstar was started by Xoogler Kristen Rainey, who spent
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
“Feierabend” and routines during remote work
In a recent Financial Times piece, I made the case for the importance of routines in helping us be productive and happy. In particular, those of us working
Interview on Artists of Data Science
My latest podcast appearance, on Artists of Data Science, is now out: I'm now starting to time my answers, and find find that I generally spend 3-4 minutes
The “Someday Experiment” at Polar: Implementing an intentional 4-day week
The advertising technology company Polar, which makes the popular ad platform Social Display, recently moved to a 4-day week, as part of what CEO Kunal Gupta calls The
Medtronic and the shorter workweek
The Asia-Pacific division of Medtronic, the world’s biggest medical device maker, is pioneering a new way to shorten working hours. In most of the companies I discuss in
Talking about REST and SHORTER on Nataly Kogan’s Well-Being Wednesday
I put in a guest appearance on Nataly Kogan's Well-Being Wednesday, an event she's been doing for her friends and followers During All This: If you're not familiar
Wellness Wednesdays at PTHR
I recently wrote an article for Fast Company about companies that have adopted 4-day weeks during the pandemic. They’ve discovered during the lockdown that responding to the demands