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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Why it’s time for a shorter workweek: this Canadian business author calls it ‘Do More in Four’
Description: It’s Monday. That means hundreds—maybe thousands—of employees around the world, including some in Canada, will start a shortened work week. It’s part of a growing trend towards a new way of working—the same pay in fewer days. It’s been a trend since the pandemic. Companies such as Microsoft and Lamborghini, along with small towns in Ontario, British Columbia and elsewhere, have turned their workplaces into more productive environments, getting tasks done more efficiently by using technology—especially AI—while avoiding in-person “busy work” during the traditional five eight-hour days spent in an office.
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