The four-day work week: luxury or necessity?

Worklife with Adam Grant

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🗓️ 22 November 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Why do we work five days a week? Could we be just as productive, healthier and happier by working less? And if so, how can leaders and workers successfully make the transition to a new way of working? Adam led a lively discussion of the science and practice of shorter work weeks with top experts from government, business, and academia at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The guests were Ohood Al Roumi, the UAE’s Minister of State for Government Development and the Future; Jonas Prising, CEO and Chairman of ManpowerGroup Inc.; Hilary Cottam, Social Entrepreneur at the Centre for the Fifth Social Revolution; and Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of New America. This episode also aired on Agenda Dialogues, a podcast from the World Economic Forum. You can listen to Agenda Dialogues and other podcasts from the WEF wherever you’re listening to this. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/RWAG11

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0:00.0	Thanks to Deloitte for sponsoring this episode.
0:05.0	Hey everyone, it's Adam Kran.
0:09.0	Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast on the Science of What Makes us Take.
0:13.0	I'm an organizational psychologist,
0:15.0	and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people
0:18.0	to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking.
0:21.0	I'm excited to bring you one of my favorite conversations I've had this year.
0:25.0	It happened at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
0:28.0	When a government minister, a global CEO, a policy leader,
0:31.0	and a social entrepreneur all walked in for a panel I was hosting,
0:35.0	on shortening the work week.
0:37.0	Get ready to learn from Hillary Cautum, Jonas Pricing,
0:40.0	Ann Marie Slotter, and a Houdal Rumi.
0:42.0	They've all played major roles in rethinking and reshaping
0:46.0	how we spend our time.
0:51.0	Welcome everyone!
0:53.0	I am thrilled to welcome you all to the four-day week discussion
0:57.0	which I'm very glad we're having on a Wednesday instead of a Friday
1:01.0	because then maybe no one would have shown up.
1:03.0	I'm Adam Kran.
1:04.0	I'm an organizational psychologist and author,
1:06.0	and I've been fascinated by this question of why do we work
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