Work Less, Do More: Demystifying The Four Day Work Week with Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

Welcome to the We are Human Leaders podcast, today we are discussing the 4 Day Work Week with Alex Soojung-Kim Pang.

Imagine a career that adds years to your life. This is exactly the work Alex and his team are doing at 4 Day Work Week Global - they’re helping people and organizations create a million years of free time.

As an individual the four day working week gives you back around 10 weeks every calendar year - imagine how you could spend that time.

In this conversation we debunk the long-held view that to achieve more we need to work longer. Alex gives us the data from global companies through to health-care institutions and local pest control businesses that show a shorter working week, can in fact lead to more productive outcomes as an organization, and greatly benefit the lives of employees.

Alex Soonjung-Kim Pang is the  program manager at 4 Day Week Global, he’s the Author of SHORTER: WORK BETTER, SMARTER AND LESS-- HERE'S HOW, REST: WHY YOU GET MORE DONE WHEN YOU WORK LESS and soon to be published Work Less, Do more: Designing the Four Day Week. 

Find all of Alexs' recent publications here:
Shorter: How Working Less Will Revolutionise the Way Your Company Gets Things Done. Penguin Business, 2020.

“UAE Joins the Global Movement for a Shorter Workweek,” Gulf News (12 December 2021). 

“How to Rest Well,” Psyche (November 2021).

“Why We Need to Consider Switching to a 4-Day Workweek — Now,” TED Ideas (July 2021).

“How Better Routines Create Happier Workers,” Financial Times, 28 September 2020.

“Surprising COVID-19 Side Effect: More Companies Adopt the 4-day Workweek,” Fast Company, 19 August 2020. 

“To Safely Reopen, Make the Workweek Shorter. Then Keep It Shorter,” The Atlantic, April 30, 2020.

“It’s Time to End 9-5 Office Hours,” The Guardian, 10 March 2020.

“Shorter Hours Make Stronger Businesses,” Wall Street Journal, 27 February 2020.

“Why Companies Should Say Goodbye to the 996 Work Culture, and Hello to 4-day Weeks,” South China Morning Post, 20 April 2019.