{"id":29670,"date":"2023-07-03T09:50:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T07:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/?p=147640"},"modified":"2023-07-03T10:39:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T08:39:39","slug":"instant-genius-podcast-why-a-four-day-workweek-could-make-you-more-productive-with-alex-pang","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/instant-genius-podcast-why-a-four-day-workweek-could-make-you-more-productive-with-alex-pang\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Genius Podcast: Why a four-day workweek could make you more productive, with Alex Pang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Plus, the impact of working less on your physical and mental health. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Thomas Ling\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 03 July 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p><em>Instant Genius<\/em> is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. And in this episode, we explore the four-day workweek.<\/p>\n<p>For many, working only four days a week \u2013 and enjoying a longer weekend \u2013 might sound like a pipe dream: However, some workplaces are now experimenting with just that. 61 UK companies <a href=\"\/\/autonomy.work\/portfolio\/uk4dwpilotresults\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">recently piloted a four-day workweek,<\/a> with above 90 per cent of them continuing the scheme after the six-month trial.<\/p>\n<p>What impact does a four-day workweek have on a person\u2019s productivity, mental health and physical wellbeing? And are there many drawbacks to working less? To answer this and much more, we\u2019re joined by Alex Pang, productivity researcher, author of\u00a0<em>Work Less, Do More<\/em>\u00a0and programme director at non-profit organisation 4 Day Week Global.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"&quot;Spotify\" embed:=\"\" the=\"\" argument=\"\" for=\"\" a=\"\" four-day=\"\" workweek=\"\" with=\"\" alex=\"\" pang=\"\" style=\"&quot;border-radius:\" width=\"&quot;100%&quot;\" height=\"&quot;152&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"&quot;autoplay;\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" loading=\"&quot;lazy&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/5t8qO5lo4r5j6dOXb5TWrL?utm_source=oembed&quot;\"\/>\n<p>Find <em>Instant Genius<\/em>\u00a0on your preferred podcast platform here:\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to more episodes of Instant Genius:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/instant-genius-podcast\/phages-podcast\/&quot;\"> The intriguing science of phages, with Tom Ireland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/science\/fermentation-podcast\/&quot;\">The fascinating science of fermentation, with Prof Andrea Sella<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/ghost-psychology-podcast\/&quot;\">Why people believe in ghosts, with Ben Alderson-Day<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-how-to-spot-a-narcissist-with-dr-erica-hepper\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">How to spot a narcissist, with Dr Erica Hepper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/planet-earth\/water-pollution-podcast\/&quot;\">Solving the UK\u2019s water pollution problem, with Dr Tanja Radu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/perfectionism-instant-genius-podcast\/&quot;\">Perfectionism, with Thomas Curran<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Plus, the impact of working less on your physical and mental health. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":29671,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/07\/instant-genius-podcast-why-a-four-day-workweek-could-make-you-more-productive-with-alex-pang.jpg",940,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/07\/instant-genius-podcast-why-a-four-day-workweek-could-make-you-more-productive-with-alex-pang-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/07\/instant-genius-podcast-why-a-four-day-workweek-could-make-you-more-productive-with-alex-pang-300x128.jpg",300,128,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/07\/instant-genius-podcast-why-a-four-day-workweek-could-make-you-more-productive-with-alex-pang-768x327.jpg",768,327,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/07\/instant-genius-podcast-why-a-four-day-workweek-could-make-you-more-productive-with-alex-pang.jpg",800,340,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/07\/instant-genius-podcast-why-a-four-day-workweek-could-make-you-more-productive-with-alex-pang.jpg",940,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/07\/instant-genius-podcast-why-a-four-day-workweek-could-make-you-more-productive-with-alex-pang.jpg",940,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Plus, the impact of working less on your physical and mental health.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/29670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}