Some personal news: I’m joining the BrightSight Group
I’m on my last business flight of 2019, heading to Bentonville Arkansas to talk at BlakeSt. about work, rest, and the 4-day week. It’s been a busy year:
New report on women’s working hours finds that women are working more hours (you won’t believe what happens next)
Brigid Schulte points out A new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research about “Gender Inequality, Work Hours, and the Future of Work:” Technological innovation through machine
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
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,
Rest helped me “manage the balance sheet and navigate my part in the P&L through the” crash “in such a way as we made money.“
Banker and portfolio manager Greg McKenna writes in the Australian edition of Business Insider that “As summer approaches, here's some good news – rest more, work less and
6 reasons why it’s more productive to work less
A while ago I had a piece in CEO Magazine (which I believe is published in Australia and New Zealand) offering "6 reasons why it’s more productive to
SHORTER is off to the presses
This afternoon I sent back the final edits to SHORTER (US | UK). At this point, the book has been copyedited and styled, my editor has had her
Wealth “is disposable time, and nothing more”
From The Source and Remedy of the National Difficulties, Deduced from Principles of Political Economy, in a Letter to Lord John Russell (published anonymously and later credited to
Adam Smith on the value of moderation
Adam Smith's tomb, Edinburgh Peter Barnard, in a comment on Jenni Russell's recent column talking about REST (US | UK) points to an Adam Smith quote from the