Jamie Oliver and the economics of publishing
This little factoid in the New York Times profile of Jamie Oliver stood out for me: Books, however, remain the engine of the Oliver machine: He has sold
My appearance on Docuprime
The Korean documentary series Docuprime recently had an episode on work, rest, burnout, which features an appearance by me and the dogs. This evening I found it on
“Success in short sprints”: A gloss on the Google talk
Medium writer Roamy has written a short piece that summarizes some of the key points from my recent Google talk. As an author, it’s always good to see
Korean article about rest
I was recently on a documentary in Korea about rest and creativity, and this article is a gloss of some of the contents. Of course, since this is
Harvard Business Review makes the case for my next book
In the Harvard Business Review blog, Ben Laker (one of the authors of the recent Henley Business School report on the 4-day week) and Thomas Roulet make a
My talk at Google
Recently I was at Google, at the invitation of the Asian Googlers Network, to talk about Rest, my new work on the 4-day week, and even a bit
“You play football to escape your problems; you run to solve them”
Jeremy Hunt went running with Matt Chorley on the Red Box Politics Podcast, and talked about running and problem-solving. (And, in the interests of balance, here’s an episode featuring
Washington Post on the 4-day week in America
Jeff Stein at the Washington Post has a piece about the 4-day week and the lack of interest in it among American progressives and unions: In Europe, signs
Planet Money on “Japan’s Worker Shortage” and working hours
NPR’s Planet Money has a piece on efforts in Japan to allow people to work less: Some companies in Japan are going bankrupt because of the country's critical
York Minster stone masons tour
I was recently in England with my wife, and one of the highlights of the trip was a spur-of-the-moment tour we took in York Minster of the stone