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Scottish companies talk about the 4-day week and pandemic reopening

The Edinburgh Evening News spoke to the heads of two Scottish companies about the 4-day week and how it could help companies in the wake of the pandemic.

By |2021-07-26T10:38:00-07:00May 27th, 2020|4-day workweek, Business and work, Companies, SHORTER|Comments Off on Scottish companies talk about the 4-day week and pandemic reopening

Morgantown WV will begin a year-long trial of a 4-day week for government services

Morgantown, a city of about 30,000 in West Virginia, will begin a year-long trial of the 4-day week starting July 6, right after the national holiday. The city's

By |2020-11-19T22:58:54-08:00May 27th, 2020|4-day workweek, Companies, SHORTER|Comments Off on Morgantown WV will begin a year-long trial of a 4-day week for government services

Japanese companies are implementing 4-day weeks as they reopen

Recently I made the case in The Atlantic that companies should adopt a 4-day week in order to make offices and workplaces safer, and to help companies develop

By |2020-11-19T22:58:38-08:00May 26th, 2020|4-day workweek, Business and work, Companies, Current Affairs, Politics and Policy, SHORTER|Comments Off on Japanese companies are implementing 4-day weeks as they reopen

Why the “coronavirus is ‘accelerating’… a major shift toward the shorter workweek”

Miriam Berger at The Washington Post asks, "Will the coronavirus pandemic open the door to a four-day workweek?" One interesting point was made by Henley Business School professor

By |2021-07-26T10:38:00-07:00May 25th, 2020|4-day workweek, Business and work, Current Affairs, SHORTER, Top post|Comments Off on Why the “coronavirus is ‘accelerating’… a major shift toward the shorter workweek”

Nicola Sturgeon: “we should be encouraging employers to look at embracing… [t]hings like a four-day week”

Last month I published an article in the Atlantic arguing that a 4-day week could help companies that had closed or shifted to remote operations during the pandemic

By |2021-07-26T10:38:00-07:00May 21st, 2020|4-day workweek, SHORTER|5 Comments

Huffington Post: With shorter hours, you “reduce the risk of people infecting each other” at work

I'm quoted in the Huffington Post about the shorter workweek and its benefits for post-COVID businesses: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising employers to keep

By |2021-07-26T10:38:00-07:00May 12th, 2020|4-day workweek, Business and work, Media, Top post|1 Comment

Talking with Moira Gunn about creativity, rest, and shorter working hours on Tech Nation

A couple weeks ago I went up to San Francisco to do an interview with Moira Gunn for Tech Nation. It was, incredibly, my third appearance on the

By |2021-07-26T10:38:00-07:00April 13th, 2020|4-day workweek, Media, REST, SHORTER|Comments Off on Talking with Moira Gunn about creativity, rest, and shorter working hours on Tech Nation

Talking about the 4-day week on “Hope and Patience”

When I was in London I was lucky enough to be able to connect with Amelia Rope, the host of the "Hope and Patience" podcast, to talk about

By |2020-09-11T09:43:18-07:00April 3rd, 2020|4-day workweek, Media, SHORTER|Comments Off on Talking about the 4-day week on “Hope and Patience”
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