“The 4-day week in a pandemic world: resilience, work-life balance, and the future of work”
This Friday at 1500 GMT (0700 US Pacific, 1000 US Eastern), I'm giving a talk to the Design Business Association's London chapter about "The 4-day week in a
Morrisons UK set to trial a 4-day workweek
UK supermarket giant Morrisons has announced that it will trial a 4-day workweek at its Bradford corporate HQ, in the north of England. The headquarters will actually be
“ treating child care like a combination of a lottery and a blood sport has never been a solution. It’s just been a secret.”
In some of my recent conversations about the pandemic and future of work, I’ve argued that our mass live-streamed work-from-home reality TV / social experiment has revealed just
Talking about 4-day weeks on Make It Thrive
My latest podcast appearance is on Make It Thrive, with Lizzie Benton, founder of Liberty Mind: As many businesses begin to look at shorter work weeks or working
Surveys show growing support for shorter workweeks
The shift in public opinion in favor of a 4-day workweek continues. In the UK, The Independent reports: Nearly two-thirds of the public and more than half of Conservative
The 4-day week in Liverpool
The Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place at the University of Liverpool just published "Transitioning Towards a Four Day Working Week: Evidence Review and Insights From
Building your home studio: How to connect, sound, and look better— without spending a fortune
This week I spoke with my friend Christine Armstrong about how to improve your Zoom game, and how even simple changes can greatly improve your look and experience
Richard Nixon talked about a 4-day week in 1956
[Update: More about the Nixon speech is here.] Recently in British magazine The Spectator, an article appeared explaining “Why Conservatives should support a four-day week.” I appreciated it
Joe Ryle on “Why Conservatives should support a four-day week”
Last year during the UK general election, the Labour Party embraced the idea of moving the country to a 4-day week, and Tories did a fabulous job of
“How to Work Less and Get More Done” with Rangan Chatterjee
One of the highlights of my time in London this spring was getting to meet and talk with Rangan Chatterjee. I don't think he's very famous in the