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Why the “coronavirus is ‘accelerating’… a major shift toward the shorter workweek”

By |2021-07-26T10:38:00-07:00May 25th, 2020|4-day workweek, Business and work, Current Affairs, SHORTER, Top post|

Miriam Berger at The Washington Post asks, "Will the coronavirus pandemic open the door to a four-day workweek?" One interesting point was made by Henley Business School professor

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Nicola Sturgeon: “we should be encouraging employers to look at embracing… [t]hings like a four-day week”

By |2021-07-26T10:38:00-07:00May 21st, 2020|4-day workweek, SHORTER|

Last month I published an article in the Atlantic arguing that a 4-day week could help companies that had closed or shifted to remote operations during the pandemic

Huffington Post: With shorter hours, you “reduce the risk of people infecting each other” at work

By |2021-07-26T10:38:00-07:00May 12th, 2020|4-day workweek, Business and work, Media, Top post|

I'm quoted in the Huffington Post about the shorter workweek and its benefits for post-COVID businesses: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising employers to keep

The Atlantic: Making the case for reopening with a 4-day week

By |2021-12-17T05:28:03-08:00April 30th, 2020|Articles, Business and work, Current Affairs, Design, Health / Medicine / Wellness, Pandemic, Routines, SHORTER, Top post, Writing|

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

Penguin Connect: “Could this be the moment when the 9-5 as we know it dies?”

By |2021-07-26T10:38:00-07:00April 28th, 2020|Advice, Architecture and Environment, Business and work, Future, SHORTER, Work|

San Francisco in the lockdown I hardly know a writer who isn't either studying life under lockdown, or trying to write something about life after lockdown. Alice Vincent

Talking with Moira Gunn about creativity, rest, and shorter working hours on Tech Nation

By |2021-07-26T10:38:00-07:00April 13th, 2020|4-day workweek, Media, REST, SHORTER|

A couple weeks ago I went up to San Francisco to do an interview with Moira Gunn for Tech Nation. It was, incredibly, my third appearance on the

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“This step-by-step guide will lead you to rethink the ideals of a typical schedule”

By |2020-04-08T14:08:00-07:00April 8th, 2020|Review, SHORTER|

Hong Kong’s Taikoo Place, a cool office + art space, lists SHORTER as one of its business “ Books to Inspire, Empower, and Educate.” Author Emily Cho writeS,

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