SPOTLIGHT: A 4-Day Work Week to Recharge the Workforce With Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

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.

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SPOTLIGHT: A 4-Day Work Week to Recharge the Workforce With Alex Soojung-Kim Pang is an episode from CEB Talent Angle with Scott Engler by Gartner.

This episode is 27:34 long.

This episode was published on Feb 25, 2025.

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