Podcast S6E150: Alex Pang - The Benefits of a 4 Day workweek

In this episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Alex Pang, founder of Strategy and Rest, a consultancy devoted to helping companies and individuals harness the power of rest to shorten our workdays, while staying focused and productive. Alex is also the author of Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less and his new book SHORTER: WORK BETTER, SMARTER, AND LESS– HERE’S HOW. See the full episode at https://wp.me/p6pllj-1JC #podcast #4dayweek In this episode, we speak about why companies should consider reducing the total number of working hours for their employees, or even working only 4 days a week, and the benefits this can bring. Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:45 - Alex's background as a futurist in Silicon Valley, and how it brought him to the realisation around doing your best work with deliberate rest 00:05:47 - The reason why people think they need to display their busyness and the history of hustle culture 00:09:00 - The problem with associating time worked with productivity 00:11:45 - The difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivators 00:12:00 - The optimum amount of time required to get work done 00:16:30 - Moving towards a 4 Day workweek and getting the same amount of work done 00:18:45 - How to set up teams to collaborate when working fewer hours, whether in the office or remote 00:24:00 - The stress of doing all of your work online and trying to be visible 00:29:30 - What a change to a 4 Day Workweek might be like for a company Links mentioned in this episode: Strategy & Rest: https://www.strategy.rest/ Book: Shorter: Work Better, Smarter and Less - Here's How: https://amzn.to/3HGE1YL Bonus: This episode was made possible by our premium innovation and creativity training. Take your innovation and creativity capabilities to the next level by investing in yourself now, at https://www.ideatovalue.com/all-access-pass-insider-secrets/ * Subscribe on iTunes to the Idea to Value Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/idea-to-value-creativity-innovation/id1199964981?mt=2 * Subscribe on Spotify to the Idea to Value Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4x1kANUSv7UJoCJ8GavUrN  * Subscribe on Stitcher to the Idea to Value Podcast: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=129437&refid=stpr * Subscribe on Google Podcasts to the Idea to Value Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9pZGVhdG92YWx1ZS5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw  Want to rapidly validate new ideas and innovative products and GROW your online business? These are the tools I actually use to run my online businesses (and you can too): * The best email management and campaigns system: ActiveCampaign (Free Trial) http://www.activecampaign.com/?_r=M17NLG2X  * Best value web hosting: BlueHost WordPress http://www.activecampaign.com/?_r=M17NLG2X  * Landing pages, Sales Pages and Lead collection: LeadPages (Free Trial) http://leadpages.pxf.io/c/1385771/390538/5673  * Sharing & List building: Sumo (Free) https://sumo.com/?src=partner_ideatovalue  * Payments, Shopping Cart, affiliate management and Upsell generator: ThriveCart https://improvides--checkout.thrivecart.com/thrivecart-standard-account/  * Video Webinars for sales: WebinarJam and Everwebinar ($1 Trial) https://nickskillicorn.krtra.com/t/lwIBaKzMP1oQ  * Membership for protecting content: Membermouse (Free Trial) http://affiliates.membermouse.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=735  * eLearning System for students: WP Courseware https://flyplugins.com/?fly=293  * Video Editing: Techsmith Camtasia http://techsmith.z6rjha.net/vvGPv  I have used all of the above products myself to build IdeatoValue and Improvides, which is why I can confidently recommend them. I may also receive affiliate payments for any business I bring to them using the links above. Copyright https://www.ideatovalue.com