Tash Walker - Should we all be working a four-day week?

The Future Talent Learning Podcast

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Should we all be working a four-day week? How do we do this while remaining profitable? And what actions do we need to take to prevent a fifth day creeping back in?

To answer these questions, Ross G and Ross D are joined by Tash Walker, founder of market research agency The Mix. The Mix have been working a four-day week for five years, and Tash is sharing her team’s experiences.

We discuss:

• Why The Mix work a four-day week
• The benefits of a four-day week, to colleagues and customers
• Advice for making a four-day week a sustainable business practice.

Additional Information

During the show, Tash referenced the ‘toast’ exercise. You can see it described on TED: https://www.ted.com/talks/tom_wujec_got_a_wicked_problem_first_tell_me_how_you_make_toast

For more on Panasonic’s experiences with a four-day week, see: https://mashable.com/article/panasonic-four-day-work-week

And for details of Iceland’s four-day week experiment, see: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57724779

You can find out more about Tash at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natashawalker1

Find out more about The Mix at: https://themixglobal.com

In ‘One Thing I Learned This Week’, Ross D discussed the book Let My People Go Surfing, by Yvon Chouinard: https://eu.patagonia.com/gb/en/product/let-my-people-go-surfing-revised-paperback-book/BK067.html

Ross G discussed the book Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/292/292318/only-dull-people-are-brilliant-at-breakfast/9780241251805.html