Friday roundup: A busy week for the 4-day week
With the launch of the 4-day week campaign here in the US, and the Iceland experiment and implementation getting lots of attention, I’ve been doing a lot of
4-day week commentary around the world
Two more data-points from different parts of the world that move the Overton Window on the 4-day week. First, David Olive, the Toronto Star's business correspondent, writes that
Talking about the 4-day week on RTVI
Wednesday I was on RTVI, a Russian-language network, talking about the 4-day week. I don’t see an embed code, but if you want to brush up on your
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
Busy media day for the 4-day week
In the wake of the launch of the 4-day week campaign (go sign up if you haven’t already), and the news about the Iceland trial, attention for the
“the push for a four-day workweek suggests we do have other things we value”
Washington Post writer Christine Emba makes the case that we should push for a 4-day workweek not because it will make us better producers, but because it will
Government experimentation with shorter hours
Iceland is getting a ton of coverage for its implementation of a shorter workweek for public sector workers, but it's worth noting that a lot of other countries
Talking about the 4-day week on Marketplace
I'm on today's Marketplace, talking about the 4-day week. It's just a single sentence, but still... This is actually my third appearance on Marketplace: I was on in
Iceland is conducting the world’s biggest experiment in shorter working hours
Three years ago when I started writing SHORTER, it was a challenge to find companies that had moved to 4-day workweeks. They were out there, but they tended
“we realized people needed more — something structural that they didn’t have to ask for”
Soo Youn at the Washington Post writes about what companies are doing to deal with (or better yet, head off) employee burnout as they try to get back