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Does a 4-Day Workweek Increase Productivity? Wharton Management Professor Iwan Barankay

September 19, 2023 / 00:24

This episode discusses the impact of a four-day work week on productivity, workplace practices, and meeting efficiency.

The conversation highlights how a shift to a four-day work week resulted in similar or improved productivity levels. It emphasizes that employees spent less time in meetings, which were identified as often unproductive.

Key points include a focus on efficiency and effectiveness in workplace practices, suggesting that reducing workdays can lead to better outcomes.

TLDR

A four-day work week can maintain or boost productivity by reducing unproductive meetings.

Episode

0:24
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when we switch to a four day work week the productivity was the same or even better and when they looked more closely
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they found that or perhaps people spend less time on less efficient and less effective workplace practices in
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particular they highlighted that all the meetings were not so productive anyway and they actually spent less time in
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meetings

Episode Highlights

Episode Quotes

  • Meetings were not so productive anyway.
    Does a 4-Day Workweek Increase Productivity? Wharton Management Professor Iwan Barankay

Key Moments

  • Productivity Findings00:03
  • Meeting Inefficiency00:14
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