Shorter
- Author Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
- Narrator Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date 5 March 2020
- Run Time 7 hours and 52 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Business and Management, Business strategy, Careers guidance, Coping with mental health issues, Diversity and inclusion in the workplace, Family and health, Job hunting / changing careers, Popular psychology, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Sleep disorders and therapy, Society and Social Sciences, Working patterns and practices.
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Forget the old concept of the 9-5. Companies around the world are redesigning the work week to increase efficiency, health and happiness in their workers.
A growing number of businesses are shortening their working week to address problems with low productivity, poor mental health and unequal working opportunities. Workers are still paid the same salary for a four-day week and the results are revolutionary.
In Shorter, bestselling author Alex Pang studies these trailblazing businesses where managers are reporting their teams to be:
- More creative in their problem solving
- Happier and with lower stress and anxiety and cases of burn out
- More productive
Pang will reveal step by step, how they have gone about making these changes, the challenges and solutions and, most importantly, how you can do the same.
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Critics Review
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
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
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!
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.
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.
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.
Read this book, stop with the long hours and get a life!
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