Femma’s report on its 30-hour week
The Belgian research and advocacy group Femma spent 2019 working a 30-hour week, and has just released a report in English [pdf] talking about their experience. One of
Talking about routines in the Financial Times
The Financial Times recently launched a new series on "Rebooting the Workplace," which consists of essays by various invited experts on different aspects of the future of work
“Feierabend” and routines during remote work
In a recent Financial Times piece, I made the case for the importance of routines in helping us be productive and happy. In particular, those of us working
The “Someday Experiment” at Polar: Implementing an intentional 4-day week
The advertising technology company Polar, which makes the popular ad platform Social Display, recently moved to a 4-day week, as part of what CEO Kunal Gupta calls The
Medtronic and the shorter workweek
The Asia-Pacific division of Medtronic, the world’s biggest medical device maker, is pioneering a new way to shorten working hours. In most of the companies I discuss in
Wellness Wednesdays at PTHR
I recently wrote an article for Fast Company about companies that have adopted 4-day weeks during the pandemic. They’ve discovered during the lockdown that responding to the demands
Talking to Leaders With Babies
I’m on the latest episode of the podcast Leaders With Babies podcast: Could a shorter 4-day working week or a shorter working day boost our productivity, improve our
Work Less and Boost Productivity: Talking with Ajay Mathur about SHORTER
I talk with Ajay Mathur about the 4-day week and the future of work: It was a good conversation: despite my awesome home studio setup we ended up
How to put insights from REST and SHORTER into practice if you’re not a CEO
During the lively Q&A at this Friday's (virtual, sigh) talk about the 4-day week and future of work to the Design Business Association, Anna Cox, a professor at
“The 4-day week in a pandemic world: resilience, work-life balance, and the future of work”
This Friday at 1500 GMT (0700 US Pacific, 1000 US Eastern), I'm giving a talk to the Design Business Association's London chapter about "The 4-day week in a