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A 4-day workweek might actually increase productivity

A group of workers sitting at desks in an open office space.
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Bloomberg reported that a shorter workweek experiment in Iceland found that workers maintained productivity and had improved well-being.

Today, Alex Pang, author of Shorter: Work Better, Smarter and Less - Here’s How, shares how some companies are navigating a shorter work week while paying workers the same salaries.

And later, we hear from Mike Melillo, founder and CEO of the Wanderlust Group. He implemented the four-day workweek at his company at the start of the pandemic.

How would you spend your time if you only had to work four days instead of five?

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Cat Pastor contributed to this show which originally aired January 27, 2022.

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