Podcast S6E150: Alex Pang - The Benefits of a 4 Day workweek

In this episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Alex Pang, founder of Strategy and Rest, a consultancy devoted to helping companies and individuals harness the power of rest to shorten our workdays, while staying focused and productive. Alex is also the author of Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less and his new book SHORTER: WORK BETTER, SMARTER, AND LESS– HERE'S HOW . See the full episode at In this episode, we speak about why companies should consider reducing the total number of working hours for their employees, or even working only 4 days a week, and the benefits this can bring. Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:45 - Alex's background as a futurist in Silicon Valley, and how it brought him to the realisation around doing your best work with deliberate rest 00:05:47 - The reason why people think they need to display their busyness and the history of hustle culture 00:09:00 - The problem with associating time worked with productivity 00:11:45 - The difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivators 00:12:00 - The optimum amount of time required to get work done 00:16:30 - Moving towards a 4 Day workweek and getting the same amount of work done 00:18:45 - How to set up teams to collaborate when working fewer hours, whether in the office or remote 00:24:00 - The stress of doing all of your work online and trying to be visible 00:29:30 - What a change to a 4 Day Workweek might be like for a company Links mentioned in this episode: Strategy & Rest: Book: Shorter: Work Better, Smarter and Less - Here's How: Bonus: This episode was made possible by our premium innovation and creativity training. Take your innovation and creativity capabilities to the next level by investing in yourself now, at *

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Podcast S6E150: Alex Pang - The Benefits of a 4 Day workweek is an episode from Idea to Value - Creativity and Innovation with Nick Skillicorn by Nick Skillicorn.

This episode is 38:10 long.

This episode was published on Feb 10, 2022.

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