The Company Road Podcast E83 Amy Grilli: From Viral Post to Global Movement: Bring on the 5-hour Workday!
In this episode of The Company Road Podcast, Chris Hudson and Amy Grilli, co-founder of the Five Hour Club, dive deep into why the traditional 9-to-5 workday is fundamentally broken for parents and families.
Amy shares the incredible personal story behind her viral LinkedIn post that reached 14 million people and proved this wasn't just a personal struggle, but a global crisis for working parents. The conversation explores the radical, effective solution: the Five Hour Workday. This model is championed not just as reduced hours, but as a system built on hyper-focused, high performance that eliminates time-wasting and prioritizes results.
In this episode, you’ll hear about:
- The raw, personal story behind Amy's viral LinkedIn post that sparked a global movement.
- The definition of the Five Hour Workday and how it guarantees hyper-focused, high performance that benefits both the employee and the business.
- The shocking truth about the Motherhood Penalty and why it often proves to be worse than the Gender Pay Gap.
- How employers can redesign roles to attract high-caliber, talented parents who simply "don't have time to faff around."
- Practical advice for professionals who want to advocate for flexible work within their current role.
- The role of the Five Hour Club in driving diversity and closing the gender pay gap through radical flexibility.
Key Links
- Five Hour Club Job Board: www.fivehourclub.com
- Amy Grilli's LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/amygrilli
- Five Hour Club Community (Instagram): www.instagram.com/fivehourclub
About our guest
Amy Grilli is the co-founder of Five Hour Club, a global job board championing the concept of the Five Hour Workday to help parents maintain their careers within school hours. After stepping back from her own career to care for her two young boys, Amy experienced firsthand the challenges many parents face in balancing work and family. Determined to create change, she is now partnering with employers worldwide to redesign the working day in a way that truly works for parents.
Five Hour Club was born after Amy’s personal story went viral on LinkedIn, reaching 14 million impressions in just 14 days. Amy is also a speaker and advocate for flexible working and parental leave, passionate about increasing diversity, reducing the gender pay gap and shaping the future of work.
About our host
Our host, Chris Hudson, is an Intrapreneurship Coach, Teacher, Experience Designer and Founder of business transformation coaching and consultancy Company Road.
Company Road was founded by Chris Hudson, who saw over-niching and specialisation within corporates as a significant barrier to change.
Chris considers himself incredibly fortunate to have worked with some of the world’s most ambitious and successful companies, including Google, Mercedes-Benz, Accenture (Fjord) and Dulux, to name a small few. He continues to teach with University of Melbourne in Innovation, and Academy Xi in CX, Product Management, Design Thinking and Service Design and mentors many business leaders internationally.
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