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En ces temps où la semaine de 4 jours est de plus en plus débattue au sein des entreprises, la question à 1 000 000 d'euros que pose les opposants à celle-ci est la suivante : comment produire autant en travaillant 20% de moins ? Dit comme cela, l'équation semble complexe, et pourtant la mission est loin d'être impossible. Franchement, quand vous faîtes le bilan de l'une de vos journées, en moyenne, combien de temps êtes -vous véritablement productif ou productive. Bien entendu, là, je ne parle pas des ouvriers à la chaîne dont le travail est chronométré, mais de tous les autres. Selon une étude d'Invitation Digital Ltd, le temps quotidien véritablement productif pour une personne travaillant dans un bureau est de 2.53 mn ! Soit un peu moins de 15 heures par semaine ! Si nous poussions le raisonnement à son maximum, nous pourrions presque faire une semaine de 2 jours… et être aussi productif. Bien entendu, ce raisonnement ne tient pas car nous avons besoin de pauses, de temps sociaux dans l'entreprise. Mais cela montre qu'une semaine de 4 jours tout en étant aussi productif est loin, très loin d'être une utopie. Une semaine de 4 jours, c'est 30 heures travaillées, le double du temps véritablement production. Plusieurs structures suédoises ont déjà testé la semaine de 30 h réparties sur 4 jours, avec une rémunération équivalente à ce que les salariés touchaient lorsqu'ils travaillaient 40 h. C'est notamment le cas à Göteborg, une ville du sud de la Suède, où un concessionnaire Toyota a décidé de passer à la semaine de 30 heures. Résultat ? Les profits de Toyota ont augmenté de 25 % depuis 2002, alors même que les salaires y sont plus élevés que la moyenne dans le secteur. Autre exemple ? Depuis juin 2022, 70 entreprises britanniques et leurs 3300 salariés testent la semaine de 4 jours (30 ou 32 heures) sans diminution de salaire. Les premiers retours sont largement positifs, d'après un sondage de l'association 4 Day Week Global, à l'initiative de cette expérimentation à grande échelle : 88 % des personnes interrogées affirment ainsi que cette semaine de 4 jours fonctionne « bien » à ce stade, 46 % que la productivité globale de leur entreprise s'est « maintenue à peu près au même niveau », tandis que 34 % déclarent qu'elle s'est « légèrement améliorée » et 15 % qu'elle s'est « considérablement améliorée ». Pour passer à la semaine de 4 jours, il ne s'agit donc pas de supprimer tous les temps non-productif, mais d'en réduire le nombre. En faisant quoi ? C'est ce que j'explique dans cet épisode.Et pour retrouver tous mes contenus, tests, articles, vidéos : www.gchatelain.comSoutenez ce podcast http://supporter.acast.com/happy-work. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

The four-day work week has gained momentum in recent years, but has not yet entered the mainstream. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, Global Programs Director at 4 Day Week Global, joins the Talent Angle to explain why organizations should consider experimenting with new ways of working. He highlights the importance of rest for human creativity and problem solving, and outlines how a shortened work week can unlock human potential to benefit both employers and employees. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang a leading voice in reduced hours working. He is the author of three books exploring how companies and individuals can better integrate rest, creativity, and focus into digital-age lives and work. Before joining 4 Day Week Global, Alex was a research director at the Institute for the Future and senior consultant at Strategic Business Insights, and lectured at Oxford University, Stanford University, and UC Berkeley. Alex received a Ph.D. in history and sociology of science from the University of Pennsylvania. Brent Cassell is a VP Advisory at Gartner, where he has worked for the past 18 years in both the HR and CIO Research Groups. His job is to help clients find the research they need, to help them understand that research, and to coach them through the implementation of those best practices in their own organizations. Currently, his research focuses on the future of work and total rewards. In 2022, Brent won Gartner's award for Outstanding Thought Leadership for his work on redesigning work for the hybrid world. He is also the contributing editor of HR Leaders Monthly and the co-host of the Talent Angle podcast.

Ysland, 'n leier in die aanvaarding van die vierdaagse werkweek, het indrukwekkende ekonomiese groei in 2023 aangeteken wat die meeste ryk Europese lande verbygesteek het, volgens die IMF se jongste World Economic Outlook-verslag. Geïnspireer deur Ysland se sukses, het Namibië die tweede Afrika-land geword en een van slegs 'n paar wêreldwyd om die vierdaagse werksweek te toets. Die program van ses maande, wat in April 2024 bekendgestel is, was daarop gemik om maniere te ondersoek om produktiwiteit te verbeter. Die inisiatief is gelei deur 4 Day Week Global in vennootskap met sy landsvennoot, Jonas Ileka, wat Pulse HR Network Namibia verteenwoordig. Kosmos 94.1 Nuus het met Ileka gesels, wat 'n opdatering gee.

In 2024, expert guests joined the Gartner Talent Angle to discuss the everchanging future of work. Professor and author Matt Beane shares his insights on how learning and development (L&D) leaders can play a strategic role in unlocking human ability in the age of intelligent machines. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang unpacks how the four-day work week can recharge the workforce, accelerate performance and benefit organizations. Matt Beane is an assistant professor in the technology management program at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Matt does field research on work involving robots and AI to uncover systematic positive exceptions that we use across the broader world of work. He received his Ph.D. from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the information technologies department. Matt also took a two-year hiatus from his doctoral studies to help found and fund Humatics, an MIT-connected, full-stack IoT startup. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang a leading voice in reduced hours working. He is the author of three books exploring how companies and individuals can better integrate rest, creativity, and focus into digital-age lives and work. Before joining 4 Day Week Global, Alex was a research director at the Institute for the Future and senior consultant at Strategic Business Insights, and lectured at Oxford University, Stanford University, and UC Berkeley. Alex received a Ph.D. in history and sociology of science from the University of Pennsylvania.  

This new season of How To is a collection of our favorite episodes from past seasons—a best-of series focused on slowing down, making space, and finding meaning in our hectic lives. This episode, from our fifth season, called How to Keep Time, features host Ian Bogost in conversation with Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, the author of several books on rest and a director at 4 Day Week Global. The two explore how varied understandings of rest can affect our ability to gain real benefits from it. Write to us at howtopodcast@theatlantic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hvordan føre kreativiteten og arbeidslysten tilbake til bedriften med firedagersuke? Larissa Slottet, CEO i Culturas, går til nevrovitenskapen for å forklare oss hvorfor firedagersuke er noe av det smarteste de gjør for økt kreativitet, motivasjon og produktivitet i Culturas. I episoden snakker jeg og Larissa blant annet om: - Hvordan firedagersuken gir økt produktivitet og trivsel i Culturas - Nevrovitenskap og hvordan hjernen fungerer bedre med færre arbeidsdager - En kultur som tiltrekker talenter og gen Z - Ansatte og kunders tilbakemeldinger - Fremtidens arbeidsliv: Hvordan AI og kreativitet former morgendagens jobber - Hvorfor norske selskaper er redd for firedagersuken – og hvordan vi kan endre det - Innovasjon: Hvorfor vi må tenke nytt om arbeidslivet

Andrew Barnes is the Co-founder of 4 Day Week Global, the world's leading organization changing the future of work by implementing a four-day workweek initiative. As a serial entrepreneur, he has promoted market-changing innovation and industry digitization by leading and transforming companies in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. Andrew is recognized as the pioneer and architect of the four-day workweek movement, working with companies and national and international governments to change how populations work. In 2019, he wrote The 4 Day Week, a how-to guide for reducing work hours and increasing productivity.   In this episode… Statistics show that people in the UK and Canada are only productive for 2-3 hours a day, and it takes approximately 22 minutes to return to total productivity following an interruption. With distractions mounting as the distinction between personal and professional becomes increasingly blurred, how can organizations elevate productivity and engagement among their employees? Hailed as the pioneer of the global four-day workweek movement, Andrew Barnes has observed a 40% increase in employee engagement, recruitment, retention, and team cohesion in organizations that have implemented this model. Employees are often more productive when given less time to complete tasks, with US companies observing a 36% increase in productivity. A four-day workweek also allows employees more time to engage in community-building activities that enrich their personal lives, leading to greater satisfaction and fewer absences in the workplace.  In this week's episode of The People Strategy Podcast, Traci Austin welcomes Andrew Barnes, the Co-founder of 4 Day Week Global, who discusses restructuring the conventional workweek. Andrew shares how companies can recruit and retain top talent with this model, how to measure productivity effectively, and how companies can foster a work-life balance. Sponsor for this episode… This episode is brought to you by Elevated Talent Consulting, a leading provider of comprehensive talent management solutions.  Whether you're looking to optimize your recruitment process, enhance employee engagement, or develop effective leadership strategies, Elevated Talent Consulting has the expertise to level up your team.  Discover how they can transform your workforce at elevatedtalentconsulting.com.

The age old question as to whether the 4-day-working-week is answered in a positive light by Charlotte Lockhart who justifies its benefits by relating it to work satisfaction from employees and, in-turn, the overall increased productivity. Charlotte also believes this is an inevitable growth that will become the norm sooner rather than later. Listen to #Pulse95Radio in the UAE by tuning in on your radio (95.00 FM) or online on our website: www.pulse95radio.com ************************ Follow us on Social. www.facebook.com/pulse95radio www.twitter.com/pulse95radio www.instagram.com/pulse95radio

Hvordan og hvorfor kan lovgivningen spille en avgjørende rolle i å skape bedre balanse mellom livet og jobben for ansatte? I denne episoden tar jeg en prat med førsteamanuensis Melanie Hack som leder forskningsprosjektet LaW-BALANCE ved juridisk fakultet ved Universitetet i Bergen. I denne episoden kommer vi inn på: Hvorfor juridisk fakultet forsker på life-work balance Life-work balance vs. work-life balance Hvordan EU-direktiver kan påvirke norsk arbeidsliv Lovendringer som kan beskytte arbeidstakere i det digitale samfunnet Deep work-metoden: Økt produktivitet med smartere arbeidsmetoder Fleksibilitet i arbeidstid og sted: Hva betyr det for fremtidens arbeidsliv? Utfordringer med en aldrende befolkning og behovet for omsorgsordninger Vil du sjekke ut bloggen Tidsklemma finner du den her

Hvordan kan en firedagers arbeidsuke fungere i praksis? Max Aasbø, gründer og daglig leder i Minus 1, deler hvordan deres reise til en kortere arbeidsuke startet – og hvorfor de valgte denne modellen fra dag én! Bli med på en inspirerende samtale om nytenking i arbeidslivet! I denne episoden kommer vi inn på: Hvorfor Minus 1 valgte en firedagers arbeidsuke fra starten. Fleksibilitet og valgfrihet omkring fem eller fire dager Utfordringer og løsninger ved å innføre en kortere arbeidsuke. Håndtering av lønn og produktivitet med ulike arbeidsdager. Effektivisering og bruk av AI i hverdagen. Rekruttering og tiltrekning av toppkandidater med en firedagers uke. Måter å måle effekt og produktivitet i en ny arbeidsmodell.

In this episode, Dan Pontefract sits down with Andrew Barnes, the visionary behind the global four-day workweek movement. Andrew shares how his bold experiment at Perpetual Guardian in New Zealand redefined productivity and work-life balance, sparking a worldwide conversation. From boosting employee engagement and well-being to challenging traditional leadership thinking, Barnes reveals the secrets behind the 180-100 model that's changing the future of work. Tune in to discover how fewer hours can deliver more—and why the movement is gaining traction globally. Andrew Barnes has made a career of market-changing innovation and industry digitization. He owns and is a director of Coulthard Barnes, Perpetual Guardian, and New Zealand's largest crowdfunding website, Givealittle. Best known as co-founder of 4 Day Week Global, the international not-for-profit advocates for and supports organizations with their journey to a shorter, productivity-focused workweek. Their 100-80-100™ model has earned worldwide acclaim, with the organization being named a TIME 100 Most Influential Company for 2023. In the last five years, Andrew has worked with countless companies and advised over a dozen national and regional governments on how their populations will work in the future. He was also recently recognized on the Forbes Future Of Work 50 list as a leader in workplace innovation. His most recent achievement in June 2024 has been the recognition and award of an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for outstanding achievement and support in the community. Find out more about Andrew's work at https://www.4dayweek.com/book More about Dan Pontefract at https://www.danpontefract.com/

Er du nysgjerrig på hvordan man kan leve et liv som lar verdier og frihet vise vei for hvordan man lever - og jobber? Fredrik Støle står selv bak podcasten "Ferden til F.I.R.E" og deler sine erfaringer med F.I.R.E bevegelsen – en filosofi som handler om å prioritere det som virkelig betyr noe, enten det er økonomisk uavhengighet, mer tid til familie, eller et annerledes forhold til arbeidslivet. Finn ut hvordan Fredrik, med en bakgrunn som byggingeniør, har funnet veien til et liv i tråd med sine egne verdier, og bli inspirert til hvordan du kan gjøre det samme. Er du klar for å utfordre dine egne tanker om penger, jobb, og frihet? I denne episoden kommer vi inn på: Hva er F.I.R.E. bevegelsen Ulike misforståelser rundt F.I.R.E. bevegelsen og hva det egentlig betyr Hvordan Fredrik redefinerer økonomisk frihet gjennom personlige valg og prioriteringer Betydningen av frugalitet og hvordan det skiller seg fra sparsomhet Hvordan F.I.R.E. bevegelsen utfordrer tradisjonelle oppfatninger av jobb og pensjon Fredriks personlige reise til F.I.R.E. og de grep han har tatt Hva kreves for å starte med F.I.R.E. og hvem kan gjøre det? Ulike F.I.R.E-strategier og hvordan man kan tilpasse dem til eget liv Inspirasjon og konkrete historier fra andre som har gått sin egen F.I.R.E.-vei

Hvordan jobbe mindre når man fakturerer timer, uten at man tjener mindre? I denne episoden deler Bo Kønskov Hansen om hans erfaringer som CEO i overgangen til en 4-dagers arbeidsuke hos IT-selskapet Abtion i Danmark. Hvordan har kortere arbeidsuke ikke bare løftet produktiviteten og medarbeidertilfredsheten, men også styrket selskapets evne til å tiltrekke seg talenter? Og hvordan fikk de omsetningsrekord måneden etter de gikk over til firedagersuke? I denne episoden snakker vi om: Hvordan Abtion gikk over til en 4-dagers arbeidsuke etter kort tids planlegging, og hvilken effekt dette hadde for dem. Kundenes positive reaksjon på deres nye måte å jobbe på. Hvordan en kortere arbeidsuke påvirket hvem Abtion kunne rekruttere og den strategiske fordel dette gir i konkurranseutsatte bransjer. Hva spår Bo blir fremtidsscenarioer for arbeidslivet i Danmark? Blir firedagersuken for alle?  Hvorfor Instituttet for 4-dagers arbeidsuke?

Hva skal til for å skape et arbeidsliv som både er bærekraftig og gir rom for å holde seg frisk? Bli med inn i en spennende samtale med organisasjonspsykolog Vetle Høivang, også kjent som @psykologi.paa.jobben på TikTok og Instagram. Noe av det vi kommer inn på i episoden: Hva er et prestasjonsfremmende arbeidsmiljø? Jobbkrav/ressurs-modellen Balansen mellom jobb og fritid og hvordan den kan påvirke oss og føre til sykefravær og utbrenthet Stressfaktorer som kan demotivere "Det hele mennesket" i arbeidslivet Quiet quitting: Hvorfor noen ansatte velger å redusere innsatsen Jobbcrafting som et verktøy for å skape en bedre arbeidsdag Kunstig intelligens i arbeidslivet Tillitsbasert ledelse og hvordan det kan forbedre arbeidsmiljøet Viktigheten av å teste nye arbeidsmodeller for fremtiden og firedagersuka

Kan vi jobbe kortere arbeidsuker på sykehus? Hvordan gjør vi det? Og hvor mye kan det koste? Svarene vil nok overraske deg. Der mange sier "umulig", sier pionerene "la oss prøve!". Og i denne episoden utforsker vi den banebrytende innføringen av en kortere arbeidsuke på operasjons- og intensivavdelingene ved Universitetssjukhuset i Linköping og Vrinnevisjukhuset i Norrköping, ledet av pioneren Johnas Aronsson og Peter Andersson. Denne episoden gir et dypdykk inn i løsninger som kan endre fremtiden for helsevesenet, og tilbyr verdifull innsikt til de som er interessert i å tenke innovativt om helsesektoren. Vi kommer blant annet inn på: Pilotstudiet: hvorfor hadde sykehuset behov for å utforske en kortere arbeidsuke. Hvordan ser modellen de jobber etter ut Effekter og utfordringer Investering i ansattes helse og trivsel Merkevare og talentkamp, hvordan påvirket det unike arbeidsforholdet brandingen til sykehuset. Behovet for endring, det bærekraftige valget for helsesektoren

This week, we dive into the transformative potential of a four-day workweek with Charlotte Lockhart, co-founder of 4 Day Week Global. Charlotte shares her journey, insights from global trials, and how a reduced work schedule can boost productivity and well-being. We discuss impacts on gender balance, mental health, and overall happiness in the workplace. Join us as we explore why working smarter, not longer, is becoming a game-changer for businesses and employees alike. Let's get this rebellion started!Highlights:(4:39) Reducing work hours and improving wellbeing in the workplace(11:55) Mental health and well-being before and after the pandemic(19:45) Work-life balance and employee well-being(26:11) Reducing work hours to improve work-life balance and productivity(30:34) Workplace well-beingFind out more:4 Day Week Global HERE.Mental State of the World Report 2023 HERE.World Happiness Report 2024 HERE.Take the Aurora 360 Quiz: How Effective Is Your Company's Wellbeing Strategy? Click HereConnect with us here:Website: aurorawellnessgroup.co.ukLinkedIn: NgoziLinkedIn: ObehiBook a Call here

Time Magazine has just published its Health 100 list, which selected the top 100 individuals who are the most influential in the world of health right now and a behavioral scientist based in Dublin has made it into the final line-up. Dr. Dale Whelehan is CEO of 4 Day Week Global.

En ces temps où la semaine de 4 jours est de plus en plus débattue au sein des entreprises, la question à 1 000 000 d'euros que pose les opposants à celle-ci est la suivante : comment produire autant en travaillant 20% de moins ? Dit comme cela, l'équation semble complexe, et pourtant la mission est loin d'être impossible. Franchement, quand vous faîtes le bilan de l'une de vos journées, en moyenne, combien de temps êtes -vous véritablement productif ou productive. Bien entendu, là, je ne parle pas des ouvriers à la chaîne dont le travail est chronométré, mais de tous les autres. Selon une étude d'Invitation Digital Ltd, le temps quotidien véritablement productif pour une personne travaillant dans un bureau est de 2.53 mn ! Soit un peu moins de 15 heures par semaine ! Si nous poussions le raisonnement à son maximum, nous pourrions presque faire une semaine de 2 jours… et être aussi productif. Bien entendu, ce raisonnement ne tient pas car nous avons besoin de pauses, de temps sociaux dans l'entreprise. Mais cela montre qu'une semaine de 4 jours tout en étant aussi productif est loin, très loin d'être une utopie. Une semaine de 4 jours, c'est 30 heures travaillées, le double du temps véritablement production. Plusieurs structures suédoises ont déjà testé la semaine de 30 h réparties sur 4 jours, avec une rémunération équivalente à ce que les salariés touchaient lorsqu'ils travaillaient 40 h. C'est notamment le cas à Göteborg, une ville du sud de la Suède, où un concessionnaire Toyota a décidé de passer à la semaine de 30 heures. Résultat ? Les profits de Toyota ont augmenté de 25 % depuis 2002, alors même que les salaires y sont plus élevés que la moyenne dans le secteur. Autre exemple ? Depuis juin 2022, 70 entreprises britanniques et leurs 3300 salariés testent la semaine de 4 jours (30 ou 32 heures) sans diminution de salaire. Les premiers retours sont largement positifs, d'après un sondage de l'association 4 Day Week Global, à l'initiative de cette expérimentation à grande échelle : 88 % des personnes interrogées affirment ainsi que cette semaine de 4 jours fonctionne « bien » à ce stade, 46 % que la productivité globale de leur entreprise s'est « maintenue à peu près au même niveau », tandis que 34 % déclarent qu'elle s'est « légèrement améliorée » et 15 % qu'elle s'est « considérablement améliorée ». Pour passer à la semaine de 4 jours, il ne s'agit donc pas de supprimer tous les temps non-productif, mais d'en réduire le nombre. En faisant quoi ? C'est ce que j'explique dans cet épisode.Et pour retrouver tous mes contenus, tests, articles, vidéos : www.gchatelain.comSoutenez ce podcast http://supporter.acast.com/happy-work. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

On the inaugural episode of "The American Resolution," host Heather Gardner solves the issue of American burnout with the fantastic four-day workweek!First, Heather is joined by comedian Juliana LaBarbiera to break down the social media "Tradwife" trend (1:30) and test whether Juliana can detect whether a statement is fact or opinion - a skill that many Americans struggle with (5:00).Then, Heather does a deep dive into the history of the American five-day, 40-hour workweek that's leading to record levels of burnout (10:00) and the momentum building to scale back our work-obsessed society.Finally, she talks to Charlotte Lockhart, managing director and co-founder of 4 Day Week Global, a company whose sole mission is to help companies and governments transition workers to a 32-hour, four-day workweek with no loss in productivity or pay (17:00), a concept that's also being championed by Senator Bernie Sanders!Make sure to follow Heather on all the social media platforms at @HeatherGTV and the podcast @AmericanResolutionPod for the latest content and updates!

In an enlightening conversation with Dr. Dale Whelehan, CEO of Four Day Week Global, we dive into the evolving landscape of work and the compelling argument for a four-day workweek. This discussion unfolds organically, touching on the profound benefits that a shortened workweek can offer not just to individual productivity and well-being but also to the broader societal and business landscapes. Dr. Whelehan, with his extensive research and leadership in advocating for this shift, sheds light on why the century-old five-day workweek is ripe for change, especially in today's context of cognitive and emotional labor. The COVID-19 pandemic has undeniably accelerated the reevaluation of work culture, pushing us into a realm where the tension between traditional and emerging work paradigms is more palpable than ever. Using the metaphor of a frog slowly boiling in water, we discuss how employees and employers are navigating this shift, with many seeking a balance that seems increasingly elusive. Dr. Whelehan highlights the critical dissonance at play, pointing out the pressing need for workplaces to adapt to what truly works for their people, rather than adhering to outdated modes that breed burnout and inefficiency. Key Discussion Points The relaxed and organic tone of productive conversations on significant shifts in work culture. The mission of Four Day Week Global and the societal, business, and individual benefits of a four-day workweek. Historical context and the evolution of work from physical to cognitive demands, highlighting the necessity for change. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on work intensity and the shift in employee-employer dynamics. The concept of a "productivity intervention" as a sustainable approach to improving workplace output and well-being. The significance of motivation and the science behind it in enhancing productivity within a reduced working week. Challenges and strategies in implementing flexible work schedules across different cultures and industries. My discussion with Dr. Whelehan offers a thought-provoking glimpse into the future of work, one that champions flexibility, well-being, and efficiency. The four-day workweek, as Dr. Whelehan articulates, is not just a fleeting trend but a pivotal movement towards redefining productivity and quality of life for employees around the globe. As we reflect on the cultural and logistical nuances of this transition, it becomes clear that the path to a more balanced, fulfilling work-life is paved with trust, collaboration, and a willingness to challenge the status quo. This conversation is a must-listen for anyone interested in the intersection of productivity, well-being, and the future of work. Links Worth Exploring Connect with Dr. Whelehan: Website | X/Twitter | LinkedIn Learn more about the four day week initiative: Visit 4 Day Week Global's website Check out Time Thieves: Find out where to watch the documentary here Related Conversation: Episode 511: Francesco D'Alessio Talks About Innovative Productivity Apps and Methodologies Related Blog Post: The 10 Hour Work Week Thanks to all of the sponsors of this episode. You can find all of the sponsors you heard me mention on this episode on our Podcast Sponsors page. Want to support the podcast? Beyond checking out our sponsors, you can subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts. You can subscribe on Spotify and also on Apple Podcasts. Not using either of those to get your podcasts? Just click on this link and then paste the podcast feed into your podcast app of choice. Thanks again for listening to A Productive Conversation. See you later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In an enlightening conversation with Dr. Dale Whelehan, CEO of Four Day Week Global, we dive into the evolving landscape of work and the compelling argument for a four-day workweek. This discussion unfolds organically, touching on the profound benefits that a shortened workweek can offer not just to individual productivity and well-being but also to the broader societal and business landscapes. Dr. Whelehan, with his extensive research and leadership in advocating for this shift, sheds light on why the century-old five-day workweek is ripe for change, especially in today's context of cognitive and emotional labor.The COVID-19 pandemic has undeniably accelerated the reevaluation of work culture, pushing us into a realm where the tension between traditional and emerging work paradigms is more palpable than ever. Using the metaphor of a frog slowly boiling in water, we discuss how employees and employers are navigating this shift, with many seeking a balance that seems increasingly elusive. Dr. Whelehan highlights the critical dissonance at play, pointing out the pressing need for workplaces to adapt to what truly works for their people, rather than adhering to outdated modes that breed burnout and inefficiency.Key Discussion Points The relaxed and organic tone of productive conversations on significant shifts in work culture. The mission of Four Day Week Global and the societal, business, and individual benefits of a four-day workweek. Historical context and the evolution of work from physical to cognitive demands, highlighting the necessity for change. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on work intensity and the shift in employee-employer dynamics. The concept of a "productivity intervention" as a sustainable approach to improving workplace output and well-being. The significance of motivation and the science behind it in enhancing productivity within a reduced working week. Challenges and strategies in implementing flexible work schedules across different cultures and industries. My discussion with Dr. Whelehan offers a thought-provoking glimpse into the future of work, one that champions flexibility, well-being, and efficiency. The four-day workweek, as Dr. Whelehan articulates, is not just a fleeting trend but a pivotal movement towards redefining productivity and quality of life for employees around the globe. As we reflect on the cultural and logistical nuances of this transition, it becomes clear that the path to a more balanced, fulfilling work-life is paved with trust, collaboration, and a willingness to challenge the status quo. This conversation is a must-listen for anyone interested in the intersection of productivity, well-being, and the future of work.Links Worth Exploring Connect with Dr. Whelehan: Website | X/Twitter | LinkedIn Learn more about the four day week initiative: Visit 4 Day Week Global's website Check out Time Thieves: Find out where to watch the documentary here Related Conversation: Episode 511: Francesco D'Alessio Talks About Innovative Productivity Apps and Methodologies Related Blog Post: The 10 Hour Work Week Thanks to all of the sponsors of this episode. You can find all of the sponsors you heard me mention on this episode on our Podcast Sponsors page.Want to support the podcast? Beyond checking out our sponsors, you can subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts. You can subscribe on Spotify and also on Apple Podcasts. Not using either of those to get your podcasts? Just click on this link and then paste the podcast feed into your podcast app of choice.Thanks again for listening to A Productive Conversation. See you later.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Laura welcomes Joe O'Connor, co-founder of the Work Time Reduction Center of Excellence, to the show to continue exploring the topic of the 4-day workweek. Joe originally served as CEO of 4 Day Week Global, the company co-founded by the last episode's guest, Andrew Barnes. Joe and Dr. Laura explore the 4-Day workweek in great detail, examining both myths and truths about the four-day week and looking at the future of this global movement.Joe O'Connor points out that the adoption of the five-day workweek and eight-hour workday over a century ago was driven by major technological advancements.  Yet more recent technology, such as the internet, email, and digital communication, haven't shifted that structure despite gains in productivity. Joe and Dr. Laura discuss significant research that supports shifting to a 4-day workweek and Joe dispels common myths that prevent companies from considering the change. Joe addresses the flexibility of this possible structure, trusting and empowering employees, and why company leaders need to course correct in order for the change to work. Their conversation provides yet more eye-opening evidence that points to variations of the 4-day workweek as a compelling choice for the future of workplace productivity and wellbeing.“... we often advise leaders that are looking at this to think about it in terms of by the time you push the button to move to a shorter workweek, so by the time your trial starts or you've introduced the policy, you really want to have figured out to a pretty significant extent what are the things that we need to change in order to make this work operationally. You don't want to be doing those things after you've already started the trial. You don't want to be figuring it out, kind of building the aircraft while it's in flight.”  Joe O'ConnorAbout Joe O'Connor:Joe is CEO and co-founder of the Work Time Reduction Center of Excellence, a consulting and research organization based in Toronto, which specializes in shorter workweek models and reduced-hour, outcome-focused working. Internationally acclaimed as one of the leading experts on the shorter workweek, Joe developed the world's first pilot program for the four-day workweek in Ireland at the onset of the pandemic in 2020. In collaboration with Boston College and University College Dublin, he codesigned a pioneering research project to measure the impact of the pilot. As CEO of 4 Day Week Global throughout 2020 and 2021, he expanded this model to lead the large-scale, heavily publicized trials of the four-day week in the UK, North America, and Australia. In this role, he supported hundreds of organizations and thousands of employees to shorten their work hours and optimize their productivity. Joe also led a research project on work-time reduction as a visiting research scholar at Cornell University.Resources:Website: WorkTimeReduction.comJoe O'Connor on LinkedInJoe O'Connor's 2023 reading list4-Day Workweek joint research study by Josh Bersin Company with The Work Time Reduction Center of Excellence“Work-Life Bloom” by Dan Pontefract“Irresistible” by Josh BersinLearn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.liveFor more resources, look into Dr. Laura's organizations: Canada Career CounsellingSynthesis PsychologySponsor For This Podcast:This episode is brought to you by The improve it! Podcast with Erin Diehl, a top 1% global podcast.Are you ready to transform your life through laughter, lifelong learning, and a little bit of improv magic?Well, get ready because The improve it! Podcast with Erin Diehl is here to add a dose of playfulness to your Wednesdays. Erin sits down with personal and professional development gurus to explore the pesky and beautiful aspects of life. They dive deep into the things that make us tick, laugh, and sometimes even cringe. You can find The improve it! Podcast on Apple, Spotify, or learntoimproveit.com. Subscribe today!

Dr. Laura welcomes author, entrepreneur, and pioneer of the 4 day week movement, Andrew Barnes, to the show to examine the benefits of his innovative 4 day work week movement. Andrew explains why he originally piloted a 4 day week and how that led to a global research program involving academics from leading universities. Would this benefit us? And in what ways would we realize that benefit?Dr. Laura's conversation with Andrew Barnes starts with the big question: how can fewer days lead to more productivity? Andrew first defines what productivity is before diving into how the 4 day week can change our work-life wellness. It's clear from the statistics and research Andrew shares that the 4 day week is a viable alternative companies should be considering. Rather than reducing one's pay to 80%, people are paid their full-time salary but complete their work over 4 instead of 5 days. This reduced workweek increases productivity and efficiency, leading us to have more control over our time,  in turn improving our health and wellness. Dr. Laura and Andrew Barnes have a compelling discussion that will change the way we perceive work structure.“So one of the most interesting pieces of research that we run is when we've had people on a four day week, and at the end of the pilot we ask them: how much do I have to pay you to go back to five days from four days? And about 15% say you just physically can't pay me enough, just not doing it. About another 15% will need a 75% pay rise. And then, you know, a large chunk of them are going to need about 50%. So what that says is that an employee values the time off at a higher price than you are actually paying for it.” Andrew BarnesAbout Andrew Barnes:Entrepreneur Andrew Barnes has made a career of market-changing innovation and industry digitisation leading and transforming companies in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. In 2018, he made international headlines across the world with an idea that he believed would raise productivity in the workplace, while also contributing to the personal wellbeing of his staff – a 4 day work week. Through his company – New Zealand's largest corporate trustee company, Perpetual Guardian – Andrew announced a 4 day week trial, with staff receiving an extra day off work, on full pay, each week. The trial was an undeniable success, sparking widespread international interest and winning a number of global awards. Today, Barnes is considered the pioneer and architect of the global 4 day week movement. As co-founder of 4 Day Week Global with his partner, Charlotte Lockhart, they are conducting the largest ever trials, currently taking place across the UK, US, Canada, South Africa, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. More than 250 companies around the world with over 100,000 staff are taking part in the trials to change their workplaces combined with a global research programme involving academics from leading universities including Boston College, Cambridge, Oxford and many more. Additionally, in the last 4 years Andrew has worked with companies such as Unilever and has been part of the advisory process for close to a dozen country and regional governments who are all effecting change to the way their populations will work now and in the future. Recently he was recognised Introducing The Forbes Future Of Work 50 as a leader in workplace innovation. Andrew and Charlotte's vision is to provide a community environment for companies, researchers/academics and interested parties to be able to connect and advance this idea as part of the future of work. Through this work he is on the advisory boards of both the US and Ireland 4 day week campaigns and the board of the newly created Wellbeing Research Centre at Oxford University and is a founding member of the World Wellbeing Movement.In 2019 he wrote The 4 Day Week book, as a how to guide for companies trying to reduce work hours and increase productivity.Resources:Website: 4DayWeek.comAndrew Barnes on LinkedIn“The 4 Day Week” by Andrew Barnes with Stephanie Jones“The Worst Journey in the World” by Apsley Cherry-GarrardLearn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.liveFor more resources, look into Dr. Laura's organizations: Canada Career CounsellingSynthesis Psychology

The 4-day work week has gained momentum in recent years, but has not yet entered the mainstream. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, Global Programs Director at 4 Day Week Global, joins the Talent Angle to explain why organizations should consider experimenting with new ways of working. He highlights the importance of rest for human creativity and problem solving, and outlines how a shortened work week can unlock human potential to benefit both employers and employees. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang a leading voice in reduced hours working. He is the author of three books exploring how companies and individuals can better integrate rest, creativity, and focus into digital-age lives and work. Before joining 4 Day Week Global, Alex was a research director at the Institute for the Future and senior consultant at Strategic Business Insights, and lectured at Oxford University, Stanford University, and UC Berkeley. Alex received a Ph.D. in history and sociology of science from the University of Pennsylvania. Brent Cassell is a VP, Advisory at Gartner, where he has worked for the past 18 years in both the HR and CIO Research Groups. His job is to help clients find the research they need, to help them understand that research, and to coach them through the implementation of those best practices in their own organizations. Currently, his research focuses on the Future of Work and Total Rewards. In 2022, he won Gartner's award for Outstanding Thought Leadership for his work on Redesigning Work for the Hybrid World. He is also the Contributing Editor of HR Leaders Monthly and the Co-Host of the Talent Angle podcast.

Menos faltas, mais foco e tempo livre para resolver problemas pessoais. Essas são apenas algumas das primeiras impressões nas empresas participantes de um experimento sobre a semana de 4 dias de trabalho no Brasil. O teste foi liderado pela "4 Day Week Global", uma organização sem fins lucrativos que faz pesquisas sobre trabalho ao redor do mundo. Para falar sobre esse assunto eu recebo hoje aqui no Podcast Canaltech o Márcio Sena, CTO e Diretor de Comunidades da Impulso. Este é o Podcast Canaltech, publicado de terça a sábado, às 7h da manhã no nosso site e nos agregadores de podcast. Conheça o Porta 101. Entre nas redes sociais do Canaltech buscando por @Canaltech nelas todas. Entre em contato pelo nosso e-mail: podcast@canaltech.com.br Entre no Canaltech Ofertas. Este episódio foi roteirizado e apresentado por Gustavo Minari. O programa também contou com reportagens de André Lourenti Magalhães, Ricardo Syozi, Bruno De Blasi e Vinícius Moschen. Edição por Samuel Oliveira. A revisão de áudio é do Wallace Moté. A trilha sonora é uma criação de Guilherme Zomer e a capa deste programa é feita por Erick Teixeira.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Four Day Work Week In this episode, Nola Simon shares her personal stories about the benefits of working a four day work week. She talks about how her husband's experience with a flexible and creative job at a pattern making shop in Toronto inspired her to challenge the conventional narratives about work and productivity. She also reflects on how having an extra day off every week improved their quality of life and relationship. Key Takeaways A four day work week can be a viable option for many types of work, not just knowledge work. Nola's husband worked as a carpenter at a pattern making shop that made molds for various products, such as plastic packaging, battery packs, and even models for sex education. The shop owner designed the work schedule to be Monday to Thursday, with 40 hours of pay and overtime if needed. A four day work week can also be a source of creativity and personal fulfillment. Nola's husband was allowed to use the shop's machinery to work on his own projects on Fridays, such as making a mailbox, a jewelry chest, a deck swing, and a cedar chest. He also had access to the shop's scrap wood, which he used to make some unusual models that sparked some interesting conversations around the campfire. A four day work week can have a positive impact on family and personal life. Nola and her husband commuted together four days a week, and he stayed home on Fridays to do chores, cook dinner, and prepare a relaxing bath for her. Nola says that she missed those days and that they really enjoyed having more time and energy to spend with each other. A four day work week can be rewarding when it allows for more self-care and personal time. Nola enjoyed having Wednesdays off every few weeks, when she could drop her kids at daycare and have a day to herself. She says that it kept her sane, made her feel valued, and was an important investment in her well-being. A four day work week can be controversial when it is not embraced by everyone in the team. Nola's experiment with working extra hours and banking them for a day off was shut down because some of her colleagues felt it was unfair and complained. Nola says that management did not handle the situation well and that there was no accountability for the people who chose not to participate. A four day work week can be a catalyst for career advancement and personal growth. Nola says that missing the flexibility of having a day off every week motivated her to get a new job with more seniority and access to VPN. She also says that having experienced the benefits of a four day work week led her to advocate for more location flexibility in her work.   The four-day workweek is an arrangement where employees or students work or attend school for four days instead of five, while maintaining the same pay or hours. This concept has gained popularity in recent years as a way to improve work-life balance, productivity, and well-being. Here are some articles that discuss the benefits and challenges of the four-day workweek: These Canadian companies switched to a 4-day work week. Here's why: This article from CBC News features the stories of several Canadian companies that participated in a pilot project organized by 4 Day Week Global and researchers at Boston College. The article reports that the companies experienced positive outcomes such as reduced stress, fewer sick days, and increased focus, without sacrificing revenue or customer satisfaction. A four-day workweek: Some facts and figures to consider: This article from Statistics Canada provides some data and analysis on the feasibility and implications of a four-day workweek in Canada. The article examines factors such as labour shortage, overtime, capacity utilization, and employee satisfaction, and suggests that the viability of a four-day workweek may depend on the sector, industry, and employer. The 4-day work week: benefits and risks: This article from BDO Canada, a professional services firm, explores the pros and cons of a four-day workweek from the perspectives of employers and employees. The article highlights the potential benefits of improved morale, retention, and innovation, as well as the potential risks of reduced flexibility, communication, and collaboration. AI could make the four-day workweek inevitable (bbc.com) What Is a Four-Day Workweek? (Benefits and Tips): This article from Indeed.com, a job search platform, explains what a four-day workweek is and how it can benefit both workers and employers. The article also offers some tips on how to implement a four-day workweek successfully, such as setting clear expectations, prioritizing tasks, and tracking results. In the UK and elsewhere, the 4-day workweek grows in popularity: This article reports on the growing trend of the four-day work week around the world, and the benefits and challenges it poses for employers and employees. It also mentions some of the UK companies that have adopted or trialed the policy, such as Unilever, Kickstarter, and Buffer. 1 UK companies that tried a 4-day workweek report lasting benefits more than a year on: This article summarizes the findings of a research report that evaluated the impact of the four-day work week trial on 61 UK companies. It highlights the positive effects on staff retention, well-being, productivity, and revenue. It also quotes some of the business leaders and workers who participated in the trial. 2 UK four-day week trial hailed as a success one year on: This article focuses on the outcomes of the four-day work week trial for the 3,000 workers who took part in it. It cites the statistics on reduced sick days, lower burnout, and improved life satisfaction. It also mentions some of the challenges and recommendations for implementing the policy effectively. 3 Episode Call to Action: If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. If you have any questions or feedback, you can email me at nola@nolasimon.com or tweet me at @nolasimontjo If you want to support the podcast and get access to exclusive content and perks, you can sign up for my email list. Join the waitlist for The Flexible Path community, reopening for new members April 1st. Thank you for listening and I'll see you in the next episode.

Dr. Dale Whelehan, a Social Entrepreneur and leader at 4 Day Week Global—a not-for-profit organization shaping the future of work by championing the 4-day workweek. Recognized on TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies of 2023 and Forbes' 50 Future of Work Ideas, they've actively support international pilot studies and have garnered attention in leading publications like The Atlantic, INSIDER, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Fast Company, BBC, Sky News, and The Wall Street Journal. In this episode you will learn:   1. Mission Clarity: The podcast underscores the importance of a clear mission, focusing on a not-for-profit with the goal of creating a million new years of free time through a four-day work week. 2. Four-day Work Week Methodology: Introducing the 180-100 approach, the episode challenges the traditional 40-hour workweek, advocating for 100% pay for 80% time while maintaining 100% output. 3. Burnout and Productivity Dynamics: Discussion highlights the limitations of using time as the sole productivity metric, emphasizing the need to consider human psychology and engagement levels in today's evolving work landscape. 4. Efficiency through Redesign: Successfully implementing a four-day work week requires organizational redesign. The 180-100 framework involves collaborative efforts to identify and reduce inefficiencies by 20%, ensuring maintained productivity and offering additional time off. 5. Global Applicability: The conversation explores the global feasibility of a four-day work week, considering cultural and economic differences between nations and industries, and questioning its universal applicability and impact on competitiveness and growth.

Andrew Barnes is the Co-founder of 4 Day Week Global, the world's leading organization changing the future of work by implementing a four-day week initiative. As a serial entrepreneur, he has promoted market-changing innovation and industry digitization by leading and transforming companies in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. Andrew is recognized as the pioneer and architect of the global 4 Day Week movement, working with companies and national and international governments to change how populations work. In 2019, he wrote The 4 Day Week book, a how-to guide for reducing work hours and increasing productivity. In this episode: Most corporate businesses structure their processes around a five-day, 40-hour work week without considering alternative production methods. Yet many employees have grown tired of this antiquated structure and desire additional freedom and flexibility. How can you offer your employees a four-day workweek without compromising productivity? Studies show that working less leads to a 25% increase in productivity, reduces expenses, and mitigates employee turnover. As the originator of the global 4 Day Week, veteran entrepreneur Andrew Barnes encourages companies to test this system. Successful implementation requires analyzing and adjusting your current systems to promote efficiency and eliminate productivity barriers. Offering a four-day workweek with consistent pay allows employees to recognize and adapt their behaviors and processes to generate equal output in less time. In today's Systems Simplified podcast episode, Adi Klevit hosts Andrew Barnes, the Co-founder of 4 Day Week Global, to talk about the value of providing your employees with a four-day workweek. Andrew shares his processes for measuring productivity, how to enhance business systems gradually, and the tangible benefits of the 4 Day Week model.

Better balancing our time at work and our time at home has long been a centrepiece of our family policy solutions. So in this episode, Paul and Megan spoke with Joe O'Connor, a leader in the work-time reduction movement. Joe O'Connor directs the ⁠Work Time Reduction Center of Excellence⁠ in Toronto. Previously Joe was CEO of ⁠4 Day Week Global⁠ where he led many successful work-week reduction projects around the world.  Highlights "Lots of modern roles have been really completely overwhelmed with this fluff when it comes to overlong and unnecessary meetings, distraction and interruption in the work day, poor use of technology, outdated processes. And once you actually put in place a framework and an incentive structure… you find that actually getting five days worth of outcomes in four days at work is often much less of an impossible dream than you might have first believed," says Joe. "If you can actually free up time -- not just for people to be able to do the things that really matter of outside of work, but actually to be able to hone in on the things that they know drive value, that they know are making a real contribution to their organization's objectives while they're at work -- that's a double dividend. That's something that can boost people's life satisfaction in two ways." Dig deeper Work Time Reduction Center of Excellence The Globe & Mail: Can I trade a higher retirement age for a four-day workweek? Policy changes for work-life balance Our policy solutions to support young families 4 Day Week Global

Between making time for work, family, friends, exercise, chores, shopping—the list goes on and on—it can feel like a huge accomplishment to just take a few minutes to read a book or watch TV before bed. All that busyness can lead to poor sleep quality when we finally do get to put our heads down.  How does our relationship with rest impact our ability to gain real benefits from it? And how can we use our free time to rest in a culture that often moralizes rest as laziness? Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, the author of several books on rest and director of global programs at 4 Day Week Global, explains what rest is and how anyone can get started doing it more effectively. Write to us at howtopodcast@theatlantic.com. Want to share unlimited access to The Atlantic with your loved ones? Give a gift today at theatlantic.com/podgift. For a limited time, select new subscriptions will come with the bold Atlantic tote bag as a free holiday bonus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Embracing a 4-day work week is a strategic move for enhancing business operations through increased efficiency rather than extended hours. This approach emphasizes prioritizing the well-being of organizations' most vital business asset – their employees. 4 Day Week Global champion the 100-80-100™ framework, advocating for full pay for 80% of the time while ensuring 100% productivity in return. Join host Michael Creamer, Despina Katsikakis, Executive Partner & Global Head, Total Workplace at Cushman & Wakefield, and Charlotte Lockhart and Andrew Barnes, co-founders of 4 Day Week Global, to understand how the discourse surrounding work should transition from time to outcomes in terms of productivity.

A dynamic and growing group of companies and organizations are moving to a 4 day work week. Andrew Barnes is the pioneer behind this movement. It all started with an experiment to see what would happen if his team worked 4 days instead of 5. The results were so breathtaking that he never looked back. Now there's an entire organization - including research, a book, and tools - dedicated to making the work world more efficient.   Through his company – New Zealand's largest corporate trustee company, Perpetual Guardian – Andrew announced a 4 day week trial, with staff receiving an extra day off work, on full pay, each week. The trial was an undeniable success, sparking widespread international interest and winning a number of global awards. Today, Barnes is considered the pioneer and architect of the global 4 day week movement. As co-founder of 4 Day Week Global with his partner, Charlotte Lockhart, they are conducting the largest ever trials, currently taking place across the UK, US, Canada, South Africa, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. More than 250 companies around the world with over 100,000 staff are taking part in the trials to change their workplaces combined with a global research programme involving academics from leading universities. Continuing our season long thread on creating work/life integration, this conversation is an excellent primer for both employers and employees on creating a 4 Day Work Week. Andrew is the literal pioneer of this movement so I invited him to BTB to discuss how it was born, the concerns many leaders have, why the movement has picked up steam, and how you – whether you're a leader or a team member – can use these ideas to create a more sustainable and effective approach to work. We spent a lot of time at the top of this conversation exploring Andrew's background because I think that context is important once he starts discussing the 4 Day Work Week. That said, if you want to skip to the topical portion, it begins around minute 25. Behind His Brilliance:  Finding opportunity anywhere Say hi to Andrew on X/Twitter @andrewhbarnes   TOPICS COVERED -how Andrew built a career as an international entrepreneur -Andrew's reflections on betting on himself (and why you should too) -the keys to navigating organizational change -how and why the 4 Day Work Week became a thing -the art and science of designing down time -the counterintuitive ways less work powers more efficiency -how to save your company from meeting culture -how to trial a 4 day week in your organization -addressing employee concerns about the 4 day week -the 4 day week's impact on wage expectations (spoiler: workers value their time!) -the legislative activity around a 4 day work week And much more!

The five day work week was designed for an economy that relied mostly on physical labour. But does that framework need updating for the knowledge economy? In other words, should we be moving toward a four day work week? On today's episode we talk to Dr. Dale Whelehan, the CEO of 4 Day Week Global, a company that helps businesses pilot a four-day work week. Prior to joining 4 Day Week Global, Dale did his PhD on fatigue and sleep deprivation in healthcare workers, so he is the perfect person to talk to about why we're all so burnt out all the damned time.  Learn more about 4 Day Week Global: https://www.4dayweek.com/ Website: https://www.pullback.org/episode-notes/4dayweek Harbinger Media Network: https://harbingermedianetwork.com/join Enjoy our work? You can now support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/Pullback

Would you like to work less, feel happier and maybe even do something good for the planet, all with no loss in pay? It's a dream that could soon become a reality for many, after the world's biggest four day week trial wrapped up last year. We explore the results and dig back through our audio archives to revisit the history of a shorter working week, why it could be a solution to Britain's flatlining productivity problem, and what comes next for the four day week campaign.GuestsAndrew Barnes, 4 Day Week - Global (@4dayweek_global)Kate Bell, TUC (@kategobell)Rachel Kay, Researcher and Will Stronge, co-founder of think-tank Autonomy (@w_stronge / @Autonomy_UK)More information Listen to RTBC 55 Living for the (three day) weekend (October 2018)Listen to RTBC 126 The Four Day Future: Building a movement for shorter working hours (Feb 2020)Read the report by think tank Autonomy The Results are In: The UK's four-day week pilot (Feb 2023)Read more about the UK's 4 Day Week CampaignRead more about the global movement for a four day week Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe O'Connor is the Director and Co-founder of the world's first Center of Excellence in Work Time Reduction. Joe brings his previous experience as CEO and global pilot program manager of 4 Day Week Global, where he led the design and implementation of four-day week trials all over the world. Joe explains the intention and process of reduced-hour, productivity-focused new work routines and shares data, insights, and predictions having supported over 200 employers and 10,000 employees make the transition.     TAKEAWAYS   [03:00] After studying accounting, Joe does a master's in strategy and innovation management.   [03:57] Leading a work-related research project within the Irish Public Service, Joe makes a surprising discovery that working parents can achieve the same results in less time.   [05:16] Applying Parkinson's law in reverse, what might be possible? Joe wonders.   [06:57] Competitiveness, productivity, and hours worked—how the US and Europe actually compare!   [07:27] The short workweek is public sector driven in Europe and by private sector experimentation in the US and Canada.   [08:33] The private sector catches up where the initial impetus comes from government, eg Iceland.   [09:08] Technology advances previously reduced worktime, but that hasn't happened recently in the US and the UK.   [10:00] What the 4-day week really means in Iceland and elsewhere.   [11:27] The central premise of the 4-day week and associated commitment.   [12:14] The different variations that companies adapt for their specific business and workforce.   [13:11] Worldwide, companies' interest in experimenting with reduced work time skyrockets with the start of the pandemic.   [14:46] Infrastructure needs to be developed to support the number and variety of organizations trialing the 4-day week.   [16:20] Why we should focus on the process of HOW to adhere to the 4-day week.   [17:08] How participants' habits change and what potential is unlocked.   [18:03] Inefficiency and optimization lie in “off system” tasks that aren't designed or documented.   [18:56] Why operational excellence must be at the core of a trial project.   [21:01] The diagnostic phase answers: readiness, constraints and challenges, and optimal structure/model.   [22:17] The corporate culture—and related mindset—affects a pilot project's progress.   [23:27] Companies most likely to succeed have cultures that elevate trust, autonomy, and experimentation.   [25:49] Key hurdles to overcome: resetting boundaries and expectation and aligned resource management.   [27:22] Clients are part of projects too—benefiting from transparent communication.   [28:53] Three implementation variations relate to (a) pre-work, (b) a graduated rollout, (c) client interaction.   [30:21] Recognizing and adjusting for interdependencies is critical—requiring flexibility for employees.   [31:23] Understanding trade-offs and hand-offs.   [32:19] The 4-day week is not about eliminating discretionary effort or flexibility.   [33:04] Framing the intention: redesign and bite-size rather than intensify and speed up.   [33:50] The essence is to eliminate wasted efficiency and unlock potential, incentivizing psychological behavioral benefits.   [35:25] Some leaders ‘just do it' and—rather chaotically—make it work!   [36:10] The high success rate results from organizations self-selecting.   [36:41] A few companies dropped out usually caused by some other unexpected significant change.   [37:20] Most organizations can make the 4-day week work with clear benefits for attraction and retention.   [38:18] IMMEDIATE ACTION TIP: To propose a four-day week trial at your company, pitch a feasibility study to build the business case, recognizing the conditionality of a trial based on hitting targets and offering nascent thinking about what could be done differently.     RESOURCES   Joe O'Connor on LinkedIn Work Time Reduction Center of Excellence on LinkedIn Work Time Reduction Center of Excellence website     QUOTES   “There is not a linear relationship between hours worked and productivity.”   “The idea that advances in productivity and technology can be shared in the form of reduced work time has been an age-old reality.”   “On one side there's a commitment to a genuine reduction in hours for the same salary, and on the other side there's a commitment to maintaining output which in itself assumes some form of increase in terms of hourly productivity.”   “I think part of the reason why some leaders and some organizations are resistant to this idea is because of how it gets interpreted in the media. It's very outcome driven rather than process driven. It's focused on the results rather than how organizations did it.”   “I think one other misunderstanding about the shorter work week is that it is a very rigid model. Actually this is not about eliminating flexibility. This is not about eliminating discretionary effort.”   “If you've got a top down command and control style leadership this is probably not going to work. It relies on a very bottom up approach where there's a partnership between employees, managers, and leaders.”

In episode 1561, Jack and Miles are joined by professional futurist; and author of Shorter and Rest, Dr. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, to discuss… The 4 Day Work Week, Rise & Grind Culture, An Analysis of Jack and Mile's Daily Schedules and more! Visit the 4 Day Week Global site here! LISTEN: Outro by Coco & Clair ClairSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you want to work less and still get more done? This episode is for you! In this week's episode of the Happier at Work® podcast, my guest is Alex Pang, Director of Programs at 4 Day Week Global. We discuss the increasingly important topic of work sustainability and finding a better work-life balance. Alex brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the table, drawing on his background as a technology forecaster and futurist. In this episode, we delve into the detrimental effects of overworking, societal pressures, and the fear of missing out on success. Overworking and prioritising professional success over personal life has become an all-too-common issue plaguing our society. Although overworking may feel rewarding in the moment, it ultimately has detrimental effects on our long-term well-being. The fear of missing out on success and societal pressure fuel this problem, making it difficult to strike a healthy work-life balance. As we collectively seek work-life balance and sustainable work practices, let us remember that change starts with each one of us. By joining forces and finding common solutions, we can create happier and more fulfilling workplaces where everyone thrives. The main points throughout this podcast include: - the difference between perceived productivity and actual productivity, - a smarter, better approach to work that benefits both individuals and organisations - practical steps to reduce distractions, incorporate rest into the workday, and implement effective work habits - busyness does not equate to effectiveness - the importance of making time for thinking - rest and its role in developing and sharpening our physical and mental abilities - successfully implementing a 4-day workweek Connect with Alex Pang: Strategy+Rest: https://www.strategy.rest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/askpang Twitter: https://twitter.com/askpang Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/askpang Do you have any feedback or thoughts on this discussion? If so, please connect with Aoife via the links below and let her know. Aoife would love to hear from you! Connect with Happier at Work host Aoife O'Brien: Website: https://happieratwork.ie LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aoifemobrien/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HappierAtWorkHQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happieratwork.ie/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/happieratwork.ie YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm0FKS19I5qSlFFmkx1YGqA

Introducing Andrew Barnes, an innovator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who has revolutionized industries through market-changing innovation and digitization. As the founder of Perpetual Guardian, he sparked a transformation in fiduciary and legal services, impacting both local and global landscapes. Notably, Andrew co-founded 4 Day Week Global, a not-for-profit advocating productivity-focused, reduced-hours workplaces. With a passion for sailing and an extensive business background, Andrew's expertise spans governance, philanthropy, entrepreneurship, and the four-day workweek. In this episode… Are you ready to revolutionize the way we work and live? In this episode, join Andrew Barnes as he unveils the game-changing results of implementing a four-day workweek at Perpetual Guardian, addressing challenges, emphasizing leadership buy-in, and sustainability. The four-day workweek led to a 25% increase in productivity, a 15% reduction in stress levels, and a more engaged workforce with improved company culture.  He shares success stories from other companies, highlights the broader societal and economic impacts, and introduces the 4 Day Week Global campaign, promoting the widespread adoption of this innovative work model. Andrew Barnes envisions a future where the four-day week becomes a global norm, offering competitive advantages, and he passionately advocates for this transformation in our approach to work and economics. Discover the transformative power of the four-day workweek as Andrew Barnes shares his journey and compelling results, supporting the 4 Day Week Global campaign for a more productive, engaged, and sustainable work culture. In this episode of InspiredInsider, we sit down with our host Dr. Jeremy Weisz and special guest Andrew Barnes, the driving force behind the 4 Day Week Global campaign. Tune in and get ready to embrace a more productive, fulfilling, and sustainable work culture!

The Resilience Podcast is brought to you by the Resilience Institute. Discover how we measure and build resilience skills within organizations at ⁠⁠https://resiliencei.com⁠⁠. This episode is hosted by ⁠⁠Brad Hook⁠⁠. How did a 4 day week start? How do you build a life around you that allows you to be resilient? Reduce work time and keep your business more productive What are some tips for employers who want to create a culture of well-being? Charlotte Lockhart is an award-winning speaker, presenter and business leader, and additionally, an investor and philanthropist with more than 30 years experience in multiple industries in New Zealand, the Middle East and globally. As co-founder and managing director for 4 Day Week Global she works promoting internationally the benefits of a productivity-focused and reduced-hour workplace. Connect with Charlotte Website | https://www.4dayweek.com/

Become Indistractable to conquer the paradigm shift What would it look like if the world moved toward a four-day workweek? The organization, 4 Day Week Global, did a 6-month study of 900 employees across 33 U.S. and Irish businesses in 2022. The study was based on the 100-80-100 model: Employees received 100 percent of their pay for working 80 percent of the time at 100 percent of the productivity. Participating employees rated the four-day workweek a 9.1 out of 10, claiming it reduced their burnout and fatigue. Businesses said revenue increased and that attracting and retaining talent was easier. You can read the NirAndFar article on: The 4-Day Workweek: How To Do More With Less https://www.nirandfar.com/4-day-workweek/ Nir And Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for other info about my writing, books and teaching: http://www.nirandfar.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nirandfar/support

For many, working only four days a week – and enjoying a longer weekend – might sound like a pipe dream: However, some workplaces are now experimenting with just that. 61 UK companies recently piloted a four-day workweek, with above 90 per cent of them continuing the scheme after the six-month trial. What impact does a four-day workweek have on a person's productivity, mental health and physical wellbeing? And are there many drawbacks to working less? To answer this and much more, we're joined by Alex Pang, productivity researcher, author of Work Less, Do More and programme director at non-profit organisation 4 Day Week Global. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex's book: Work less, do moreMake Work Better newsletter covered the 4 day week trials For today's episode I went to meet Alex Soujung Kim Pang. Alex has written a lot about our relationship with work, first in his book Rest and now in his book WORK LESS, DO MORE which is a refreshed version of Shorter.When we first spoke the evidence for shorter working was a series of quirky stories of pioneering firms, frequently led by maverick bosses. In the last three years the landscape for shorter working (encompassing all manner of adaptations like four day weeks, compressed hours, 9 day fortnights and more) has transformed. Alex himself has played a role for 4 Day Week Global helping to design the mechanics of programs for test firms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is the 4-day work week about working hard or hardly working? Is it a passing fad or the future of work? Can it improve well-being or is it a flawed solution for more complex workplace challenges? And perhaps most importantly, how can businesses afford it?! We answer these questions and more in this week's episode. Whether you're a believer or a sceptic, we offer an introduction on the dos, don'ts and hows of transitioning to a 4-day work week. To help us, we're joined by three expert guests: Joe O'Connor Joe is Director & Co-Founder at Work Time Reduction Centre of Excellence and Former former CEO at 4 Day Week Global, the organisation behind the hugely successful 4-day work week global pilot. A dynamic changemaker and leader, Joe supported over 200 employers and 10,000 employees to make the transition to reduced-hour, productivity-focused working in 2022. Banks Benitez Banks is a formidable business leader and expert in the future of work. As CEO of Uncharted, he led the company through a rebrand, and strategic pivot, and rolled out a new strategy of building partnerships with brands like Chipotle, Facebook, and NBC that doubled the size of the organization. In 2020, he moved Uncharted to a 4-day workweek in 2020, and were named by Outside Magazine one of the 50 best places to work in the US. Fery Kaszoni Fery is the Founder & Managing Director of Search Intelligence Ltd, a leading digital PR agency that owns and operates dozens of web and SAAS platforms and useful online tools, with a network of websites reaching millions of users every month. In May 2020, Fery transitioned his business and 40+ employees to a 4-day work week, with the announcement on LinkedIn garnering more than 120,000 reactions in just three days. If you want to avoid being caught up in the latest workplace fad and understand how to profitably shift to a 4-day work week, this episode is a must-listen! Resources Connect with Joe O'Connor LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeoconnor990/ Connect with Banks Benitez LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/banksbenitez/ Connect with Fery Kaszoni LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ferenczkaszoni/ More From Truth, Lies & Workplace Culture Join the conversation on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/truthlieswork/ Listen back to Truth & Lies for more on: Recovering from and preventing burnout: https://truthliesandwork.com/episodes/burnout-the-pandemic-you-didnt-see-coming-part-1-of-3 The Founder Story of Co-Host Al Elliott https://truthliesandwork.com/episodes/al-elliott-story How to Lead Gen-Z and Millenials, with Sophie Wade https://truthliesandwork.com/episodes/the-secret-to-leading-gen-z-millennials Connect with Al and Leanne Connect with Al on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thisisalelliott/ Connect with Leanne on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meetleanne Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truthlieswork/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/truthlieswork Email: podcast@oblonghq.com

“We have a principle called 180/100 rule, and what we say with this is that the pay remains the same but we aim to reduce work time by 80%.”“Some of the most successful models are when you have a fully flexible model that allows your people to reduce work time in a meaningful way but in a way that suits them.”Links mentioned:Follow Charlotte on LinkedIn

In this episode of the Human Capital podcast, host Jeff Hunt interviews Juliet Schor, Professor of Sociology at Boston University and board member of 4 Day Week Global, a research non-profit studying the concept of a four-day workweek. Juliet shares her findings on the benefits of a shorter workweek, including better work-life balance, higher employee retention, increased productivity, and decreased burnout rates. She also discusses how companies successfully made the shift to a four-day workweek and whether this change will become a competitive advantage for recruiting and retention. Juliet addresses concerns about measuring productivity and overcoming resistance from leaders who may be skeptical of this paradigm shift. Juliet's research sheds light on why this idea is gaining momentum and why it may become a significant ESG measure for companies in the future.

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang | The importance of Rest & 4 Day Week My guest today is Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, he is a program director at 4 Day Week Global, a nonprofit advocating for the 4-day workweek. His trilogy of books— SHORTER: Work Better, Smarter and Less— Here's How (Public Affairs, 2020); REST: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less (Basic Books, 2016), and THE DISTRACTION ADDICTION (Little Brown, 2013)— shows how companies and individuals can better integrate rest, creativity, and focus into digital-age lives and work. Alex has been a consultant at Institute for the Future and Strategic Business Insights, and a visiting scholar at Microsoft Research Cambridge, Oxford University, Stanford University, and UC Berkeley. Alex received a Ph.D. in history and sociology of science from the University of Pennsylvania. I read Alex's book Rest a while ago, and then I came back to it during Covid. In a high-pressure, ever changing environment, I grew to appreciate yet again the importance of Rest. I see it as a life changing advantage in a life of an investor, or any professional. Alex's book gave me tools, and guidance how to include rest in my life, and how to do it well. It also gave me a permission to see rest as an important part of my daily life. Today, you'll hear about: 1) The concept of Obliquity as in reaching your goals in an indirect way. 2) Learning to rest better 3) Seeing rest not as absence of work or opposite to work, but as an equal 4) The importance of rest in life of an investor, and what benefits it can offer 5) The impact of remote work on our rest and productivity. Please help me welcome, Alex Soojung-Kim Pang RECENT PUBLICATIONS LINKS Strategy+Rest: www.strategy.rest LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/askpang Twitter and Instagram: @askpang ---- To get regular updates and bonus content, please sign-up for my substack: ⁠https://bogumilbaranowski.substack.com/⁠ Learn more about Talking Billions Learn more about Bogumil Baranowski Learn more about Sicart Associates, LLC. Read Money, Life, Family: My Handbook: My complete collection of principles on investing, finding work & life balance, and preserving family wealth. NEVER INVESTMENT ADVICE. IMPORTANT: As a reminder, the remarks in this interview represent the views, opinions, and experiences of the participants and are based upon information they believe to be reliable; however, Sicart Associates nor I have independently verified all such remarks. The content of this podcast is for general, informational purposes, and so are the opinions of members of Sicart Associates, a registered investment adviser, and guests of the show. This podcast does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any specific security or financial instruments or provide investment advice or service. Past performance is not indicative of future results. More information on Sicart Associates is available via its Form ADV disclosure documents available adviserinfo.sec.gov. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talking-billions/message

Historian Benjamin Hunnicutt has called the push for more free time the “forgotten American dream"; but somewhere along the way the pursuit of that happiness was replaced by the idea that work and wealth are ends in themselves. This week, we're imagining the utopian and dystopian futures of work. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here's how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW• Thank you to Alisha Bhagat, Muhammad Floyd, Rob Cameron, Brad Parks, James Earl King, Carlos Luis Delgado, Christopher Lazariuk, and the Kaleidocast podcast.• LINKSAssemblymember Kenny Burgos was born and lives in the Bronx, New York. Assemblymember Burgos graduated from the Bronx High School of Science and received his Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the University at Albany. He has worked as a Deputy Chief of Staff and Budget Director on the New York City Council.Alex Soojung-Kim Pang is the global programs and research manager for 4 Day Week Global, a nonprofit devoted to advancing the 4-day week. He also offers keynotes about deliberate rest through his own company, Strategy and Rest. Alex's work has been written about in the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Financial Times, the Guardian, and other venues. Alex is the author of four books, including SHORTER: WORK BETTER, SMARTER, AND LESS– HERE'S HOW (US | UK); REST: WHY YOU GET MORE DONE WHEN YOU WORK LESS (US | UK); and THE DISTRACTION ADDICTION (US).Together, these books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. His op-eds and articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, the South China Morning Post, and many other venues.Ashley Nelson is the Communications Director at the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, a global network of over 300 historic sites, museums, and memory initiatives in more than 65 countries dedicated to remembering past struggles and addressing their contemporary legacies. In addition, Ashley has written on culture, politics and women for a variety of publications, including The New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and The Nation.Alisha Bhagat is a futurist focusing on the creative use of futures tools to impact long term positive change, particularly around social justice and equality. She utilizes systems thinking, mapping,and speculative futures to engage with stakeholders on strategic visions and the actions needed to achieve them. She has worked with public sector partners on topics such as the future of feminism, neo-nationalism, and the impact of COVID-19.Carlos Luis Delgado lives with his roommates and a large cat in Brooklyn, New York. He writes speculative fiction early in the morning before the cat wakes up to yowl for breakfast and edits other people's fiction at night after it's eaten dinner. In 2016 he won the People's Telly Award for Outstanding Comedic TV Writing. He holds a BA in English Literature from Rutgers University and wonders when he can let it go. Follow @Delgadowrites.Christopher Lazariuk is a writer, producer, creator, and sound designer seeking representation for his debut cli-fi thriller novel: THE PYRITE VICTORY. Christopher is a member of the Brooklyn speculative Fiction Writers group, and a contributor to the Kaleidocast Podcast.Rob Cameron is a teacher, linguist, and writer. He has poetry in Star*Line Poetry Magazine and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. His essays and short fiction have appeared in Foreign Policy Magazine, Tor.com, the New Modality, Solarpunk Magazine, and Clockwork Phoenix Five. His debut middle grade novel Daydreamer is forthcoming from Labyrinth Road, Summer '24. Rob is also lead organizer for the Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers, a guest host and curator for the New York Review of Science Fiction Reading Series, and executive producer of Kaleidocast. Follow @cprwords.The Kaleidocast podcast is an audio literary magazine with a mission to showcase new voices in speculative fiction alongside stories from today's top writers. The show was created to improve the writing of active Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers members by motivating them towards a tangible goal: Write at a professional level. The show is in its 4th season, and has recently partnered with the Octavia Project to mentor girls and non-binary youth: https://www.kaleidocast.nyc/post/octaviaprojectmentorship. 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4 Day Week Global is a nonprofit organization that recently conducted a trial with 33 companies and 900 workers that replaced the typical five-day week with a four-day work week with no change in pay. After the six-month trial ended, 97 percent of employees who responded said they didn't want to go back to five days per week, and most employers rated the overall experience 9 out of 10. The pandemic showed us that so much about the way we work is an accident of history, solidified by familiarity and the passage of time. Maybe the office is where we should do all white-collar work. Or maybe that's wrong. Maybe a two-day weekend is all people need to feel perfectly recharged. Or maybe that's wrong. Maybe, in some cases, four is greater than five. Juliet Schor is an economist at Boston College and a lead researcher on the four-day work week trial. We talked about how work and the economy might be reorganized in her vision of a four-day work week, why even employers might appreciate an extra day off, and why Americans' relationship to work, time, and well-being needs some kind of revolution. If you have questions, observations, or ideas for future episodes, email us at PlainEnglish@Spotify.com. You can find us on TikTok at www.tiktok.com/@plainenglish_ Host: Derek Thompson  Guest: Juliet Schor Producer: Devon Manze Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eighty years ago, Congress formalized a 40 hour work week in the United States. That policy hasn't changed since then, even though today's workforce looks very different than it did in the 1940s. With so many people working from home these days or dropping out of the workforce altogether, is it time we rethink our employment laws? What if we worked four days a week instead of five? Would it completely upend our work culture? This week on Downside Up, Chris Cillizza is joined by Anne Helen Petersen, author of “Out of Office;” Angela Garbes, author of “Essential Labor;” and Charlotte Lockhart, founder of the nonprofit 4 Day Week - Global, to explore what the world would look if everyone works fewer hours. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, author and speaker, is the global programs and research manager for 4 Day Week Global, a non-profit focused on advancing the 4-day work week. He speaks around the world about the 4-day week and the future of work, and talks about how deliberate rest makes creative careers more productive and sustainable.  Alex is the author of four books including Shorter: Work Better, Smarter, and Less - Here's How, and Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less. He received his B.A. and Ph.D. in history of science from the University of Pennsylvania. He also studied corporate planning at the Wharton School. He taught history of science at Williams College, UC Berkeley and UC Davis and also worked for several years as the managing editor of Encyclopedia Britannica. He launched his company Strategy and Rest after working as a senior consultant at Institute for the Future and Strategic Business Insights in Silicon Valley. In this week's podcast, Alex and Sonya talk about the benefits of rest, the future of work, and more. Key Takeaways:   Why we overwork and don't rest What is deliberate rest? Default mode network and mind wandering The power of naps Intellect and athletics The 4 ways to rest Power of routine for creativity How many hours should we work?