How reducing working hours can revolutionize your company by
boosting productivity, creativity and resilience.
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang is a Silicon Valley-based consultant who has worked with hundreds of companies to implement 4-day weeks without cutting salaries, services or revenues. His book, Shorter- Designing the 4-Day Week summarizes his experience, and continues an exploration of the relationship between working time, rest, and creativity that began with his earlier books Rest and The Distraction Addiction. Alex received a Ph.D. in history and sociology of science from the University of Pennsylvania.
This is one of the most hopeful books I have read about the state
of modern work. In Shorter, Alex Soojung-Kim Pang shares not only
the stories of the creatives and visionaries around the world who
are pushing back against always-on burnout culture, but he gives a
practical, step-by-step guide for how they did it, why it
matters-for all of us-and how others can follow their lead. A
must-read for anyone who cares about the now or the future of
work
*Brigid Schulte, award-winning journalist, author of the New York
Times bestselling Overwhelmed: Work, Love & Play when No One has
the Time, and director of The Better Life Lab at New America*
It's time to question everything we think we know about work,
starting with how long we need to do it. Shorter makes a strong
case for working less, showing us how any business can profit from
giving their workers more free time. Pang provides a step-by-step
guide for leaders who are ready to liberate their people from the
tyranny of the 40-hour work week
*Carmen Medina, coauthor of Rebels at Work and former director of
the CIA’s Center for the Study of Intelligence.*
Who said a full workweek has to be five days? What if less is
actually more? In Shorter, Alex Soojung-Kim Pang inspires us with a
powerful vision: A shorter, but more productive and enjoyable
workweek. I hope this book sparks a revolution in how-and how
much-we work!
*Valorie Burton, founder and CEO of the Coaching and Positive
Psychology (CaPP) Institute and bestselling author of Successful
Women Think Differently*
In Shorter, Soojung-Kim Pang, the author of Rest, looks at
companies who have done just that - got their entire workforce to
cut their working weeks. The result was an increase in productivity
and often, profit. The practical study looks at what works and what
doesn't. Do you want to hear the best news? Most companies that
reduce their hours tend to cut meetings right back. If that isn't
an incentive to read this book, I don't know what is.
*Financial Times*
The way we work is changing at an incredible pace. This invaluable
book offers a clear way forward: we don't need to burn ourselves
out, we can work less and get more done, and we can all, wherever
we are in our careers, get our lives back.
*Rebecca Seal, author of SOLO: How To Work Alone (And Not Lose Your
Mind)*
A must read for anyone interested in the 4 day week. Not only does
the book provide detailed accounts of how the 4-day-week was
implemented across a wide range of companies across sectors and
across countries, the book also provides answers to any doubts you
may have about whether implementing a 4 day week is realistic. The
answer is yes.
*Heejung Chung, professor at the University of Kent and author of
The Flexibility Paradox*
Read this book, stop with the long hours and get a life!
*Henry Stewart, author of The Happy Manifesto and Founder and Chief
Happiness Office at Happy*
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