There’s no one life of the mind…
...even though we talk about "the life of the mind" as if there were: "the" life of the mind by Alex Soojung-Kim Pangtl:dr it's not one thing available
A brief rant against “productivity”
This is one of those kinds of ideas that sticks around in the back of your mind for years, until you finally are able to crystallize and capture
The 4-day week and reversing the erosion of community time
I write about how the 4-day week could help us restore the balance between work on one hand, and family and community time, on the other, in my
An experiment on Substack
Like many other writers, I've decided to give Substack a try, and to experiment with merging a newsletter and blog. The blog is title Rest, Work and the
The 4-day week on TED Ideas
My latest article about the 4-day week is now out on the TED Ideas Web site. In recent decades, globalization, outsourcing, automation, digitization and, most recently, the rise
My review of “The Innovation Delusion“
Last year, my work took me to Korea, Azerbaijan (i.e., from one end of the Silk Road to the other) and the Netherlands, among other places. Baku, the
Articles and interviews on 4-day weeks, the pandemic, and reopening
I've been doing a lot of writing and speaking about how the 4-day week can play a role in helping companies reopen safely and more quickly, and give
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
SHORTER in Korean!
SHORTER is now out in Korea, and also available (or just previewed?) on Google Books: There are few things cooler, and in some ways more puzzling, than your
My Fast Company article on the pandemic and 4-day week
I've got a new piece in Fast Company about how companies are moving from lockdown to 4-day weeks: Many businesses that moved to remote work in response to