The next phase of writing
This weekend I printed out a draft of the next book. It's just under 50,000 words, out of about 70,000. I've still got plenty to write, but I'm
“entitled men who… sneer at those who have to endure the consequences of their actions”
Fintan O'Toole's Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain sounds like a good read. And this bit about the British elite, from the New York Review of Books
Turns out the German word for management consultant is “Managementberater”
I learned this courtesy of a new article, "Pausen auf der Arbeit: Wie Abschalten die Produktivität erhöht" that talks about Rest and other books. I think "management berater" is
“Japanese companies are beginning to embrace… the idea of a four-day workweek”
The Japan Times has an article about "Japanese companies warming up — slowly — to four-day workweek:" Once synonymous with long work hours, Japanese companies are beginning to
Cat cafe and Namsan Park
After the Gongpyeong Historic Site Museum, I walked to Myeongdong. I needed lunch, and wanted to keep up my track record of only eating things cooked on a
The amazing Gongpyeong Historic Sites Museum
About a mile from the Gyeongbokgung Palace, in the basement of a skyscraper, is one of the most remarkable museums I’ve ever visited: the Gongpyeong Historic Sites Museum.
Gyeongbokgung Palace
Sunday morning I hopped on the metro and headed over to Gyeongbokgung Palace, the biggest of the several Joeson era palaces in Seoul. It’s a super-popular location for
Greetings from Seoul, where I’m researching four-day weeks in Asian companies
I'm in Seoul for the next several days, doing some publicity stuff for REST (my dad tells me that the translation is really top-notch), and also doing some
The Wellcome Trust thinks about four-day weeks
The Guardian, which really owns the beat on the shorter workweeks trend, reports that the Wellcome Trust "is considering moving all of its 800 head office staff to
Sick days and overwork vs shorter hours
The New York Times has a piece about "The Death of the Sick Day," about how the sick day is disappearing from the office vocabulary, even as we