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
Advance reading copy of SHORTER!
I was at Public Affairs today for some meetings (I’m reading the audiobook ofSHORTER (US | UK) and we’re starting to think about the marketing and publicity campaigns)
Microsoft Japan’s 4-day week
One of the concerns that some people raise about the 4-day workweek is that while it might work great at little places that are nimble and flexible, it’s
Covers!
As we march towards... well, March and the publication of SHORTER in the US and UK, the covers are now up on the Public Affairs and Penguin Web
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
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
Why isn’t the four-day week a utopia?
Shoreditch, 2018 Wired UK has a piece by Hazel Sheffield explaining "Why four-day working weeks may not be the utopia they seem." To my practiced eye, one thing
Now U.S. labor unions are talking about a 4-day week
Unions in the UK have been talking about the 4-day week for some time, and now American unions are starting to take notice, Alexia Fernández Campbell reports in
The man who broke the calendar: About IIH Nordic and its 4-day week
One of the companies I write about in SHORTER (US | UK) is IIH Nordic, a Copenhagen-based data marketing firm that implemented, and has become a Nordic model for, a