The Atlantic: Making the case for reopening with a 4-day week
In today's Atlantic I have an essay arguing for reopening businesses on a 4-day week. The argument has two parts. First, offices have proved to be a significant
Corporate Life and the Life of the Mind
This essay is based on a talk on "Corporate Life and the Life of the Mind" that I gave at the Department of English at Princeton University on
Financial Times: Tories painted the “four-day week as this crazy socialist Venezuelan money tree hatched in some Soviet institute for economic disinformation” GalleryFinancial Times: Tories painted the “four-day week as this crazy socialist Venezuelan money tree hatched in some Soviet institute for economic disinformation”
Financial Times: Tories painted the “four-day week as this crazy socialist Venezuelan money tree hatched in some Soviet institute for economic disinformation”
Emma Jacobs in the Financial Times writes about SHORTER and the 4-day week. (It's the latest of a run of articles about SHORTER and REST in the Financial
My piece in the Guardian: “It’s time to end 9-5 office hours”
The Guardian (which has been really diligent about beating the drum for the 4-day week) ran an excerpt from SHORTER. They've written about my work in the past, so
My piece in the Wall Street Journal: “employees benefit when companies shorten working hours. But it turns out that companies can benefit, too”
My piece explaining why "Shorter Hours Make Stronger Businesses" is out in the Wall Street Journal. This is one of those short pieces that we ended up spending
Happy publication day, SHORTER!
SHORTER: WORK BETTER, SMART and LESS-- HERE'S HOW is now out in the United States. Get your copy now! It's always exciting to have a book out, in
The closest I ever get to being in business class: my new article in BA Business Life
I have an article in the March issue of British Airways Business Life about how companies use design thinking to redesign their working hours and move to 4-day
“There is no great writing, only great rewriting:” on writing and marketing as tools for thinking
Happier Now author Nataly Kogan tweets about writing as a tool for thinking: So much this. It was the biggest lesson I learned when writing my first book.
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)
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