Speaking at Silicon Foundry
This week I gave a talk about REST and SHORTER at Silicon Foundry, which described itself as "an innovation advisory platform that partners with select leading global corporations,
A Florida law firm has switched to a 4-day week
American Lawyer reports that Benenati Law Firm, an Orlando, Florida-based personal injury practice, moved staff to a 4-day week in 2019. Benenati has seen positive results from his
Hello from Bentonville Arkansas, most interesting place in the world
This year I’ve given talks in Tokyo, Osaka, Baku, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, London, Montreal, Palm Springs, and other places. But I think the coolest place I’ve been to all year
Speaking at Life Lessons in London, February 2020
I'm going back to London in February to speak at Life Lessons, a conference at the Barbican! Wellbeing isn't about lycra and fad diets. Its aim is not
Are articles about the 4-day week the new “this CEO gets up at 4 am for meditation and archery”?
Cockroach Labs, where they have a 4-day week Business Insider has another article about the 4-day workweek that casts shorter working hours (not incorrectly) as efforts to give
Cal Newport on shorter working hours and the future of knowledge work
Knowledge workers of the world, unplug! Cal Newport has a piece in the New York Times about Lasse Rheingans, shorter working hours, and the future of work. Newport
Paddy Bettington on the political radicalism of shorter working hours
In the companies I've been studying that have moved to 4-day weeks, unions have played little or no role in setting working hour or working conditions. But unions
The politics of the 4-day workweek in the UK
In the UK, political parties are starting to argue about the merits and economics of the 4-day workweek as they head into a general election. The Labour Party,
Talking about REST and SHORTER at Silicon Foundry, December 4
I'll be talking about REST and SHORTER at Silicon Foundry in San Francisco on December 4. The talk will range cross my last three books, THE DISTRACTION ADDICTION,
Visit to Cockroach Labs
On Tuesday I went to New York to meet with SHORTER'S American editor and publicity team about the release of the book. (Fortunately, events like the UK general