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
What online and offline chess tournaments can tell us about the impact of lockdowns on cognitive performance
Researchers have been studying the productivity effects of remote work and work from home for years, and generally the results have trended in a positive direction. Stanford
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
Just a reminder of the value of vacations: “In 2008 I bought Chernow’s Hamilton bio to read on vacation”
I've written about this before, but after Hamilton came up in a talk I gave today, I dug up this tweet: #MrowbackMondayIn 2008 I bought Chernow's Hamilton bio
SHORTER and REST on the Workpuls Productivity Talks, Episode 14
I talk with Bojana Djordjevic on the Workpuls Productivity Talks podcast about SHORTER, REST, and the art of resting more to get more done. There's both a YouTube
Are virtual bookstore talks part of the future of authorship?
I recently gave a virtual book talk at Fountain Bookstore, an independent bookstore located in Richmond, Virginia. Of course because of the lockdown I couldn't travel there, so
“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
Morrisons UK set to trial a 4-day workweek
UK supermarket giant Morrisons has announced that it will trial a 4-day workweek at its Bradford corporate HQ, in the north of England. The headquarters will actually be
“ treating child care like a combination of a lottery and a blood sport has never been a solution. It’s just been a secret.”
In some of my recent conversations about the pandemic and future of work, I’ve argued that our mass live-streamed work-from-home reality TV / social experiment has revealed just
Talking about 4-day weeks on Make It Thrive
My latest podcast appearance is on Make It Thrive, with Lizzie Benton, founder of Liberty Mind: As many businesses begin to look at shorter work weeks or working