In this episode of Happier at Work podcast, I speak with Andrew Barnes. Andrew’s company Perpetual Guardian sparked global media fascination with its flexible work model after it successfully trialled and implemented the four-day week, resulting in a 20% lift in employee productivity, a 27% reduction in work stress levels, and a 45% increase in employee work ... Show More
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322: Build the Career You Truly Want with Wanda Wallace
Do you want to take more control of your career and navigate difficult workplace situations with greater confidence?In this episode of the Happier at Work podcast, Aoife O'Brien speaks with Wanda Wallace, executive coach, speaker, and author of Taking Charge of Your Career. Wanda ... Show More
42m 5s
Sep 14
Bonus: Why AI Amplifies Broken Work
In this bonus episode, Aoife revisits her conversation with Josh Levine to dig into one big question: what actually is work, and what makes it valuable, especially now that AI has made specialist knowledge a commodity?She unpacks why the instinct to use AI to simply do current wo ... Show More
13m 32s
Jan 2021
The four-day work week: Utopian ideal or secret weapon?
A trifecta of CEOs share why they introduced the four-day work week to their companies, how it has actually helped them navigate the economic downturn, and hard lessons learnt along the way.
GUESTS: Andrew Barnes, CEO Perpetual Guardian, Kath Blackham CEO Versa, Nikki Beaumont CE ... Show More
25m 44s
May 2023
Is a four-day working week the future?
Would you like to work fewer days, but get paid the same? The biggest global trial of the four day week has just come to an end in the UK.We hear from some of the companies who took part, including employees making the most of their extra day off, and employers looking closely at ... Show More
18m 51s
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/3qVU959" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alex's book: Work less, do more</a></p><br><p><a href="https://makeworkbetter.substack.com/p/5-things-we-learned-from-the-4-day" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Make Work Better newsletter co ... Show More
