Is this the answer to burnout? How are mini-retirements even possible? Kira Schabram, PhD, is the Assistant Professor in management & organization at Pennsylvania State University & historian of work who has been studying the details & impacts of a phenomenon called micro-retirement – people treating breaks from work of three or more months. In this episode, you’ll hear how others are doing this idea, why it’s worth talking about & how it could be the solution to wide...
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Is this the answer to burnout? How are mini-retirements even possible? Kira Schabram, PhD, is the Assistant Professor in management & organization at Pennsylvania State University & historian of work who has been studying the details & impacts of a phenomenon called micro-retirement – people treating breaks from work of three or more months. In this episode, you’ll hear how others are doing this idea, why it’s worth talking about & how it could be the solution to wide...
Ep. 313: Is a 4 Day Work Week Coming? Thursday = the NEW Friday! [REMASTERED]
Meredith for Real: the curious introvert
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1 month ago
Ep. 313: Is a 4 Day Work Week Coming? Thursday = the NEW Friday! [REMASTERED]
Why do most of us work Mon-Fri? What would happen if Thursday was the new Friday? Joe Sanok is a former psychologist & current author of Thursday is the New Friday. In this episode, he shares how the signs of a shorter work week (& longer weekends) have been popping up since the 1980’s. In this episode he shares why a four-day work week is critical to society’s advancement, examples of places already implementing alternative schedules, how we can recali...
Meredith for Real: the curious introvert
Is this the answer to burnout? How are mini-retirements even possible? Kira Schabram, PhD, is the Assistant Professor in management & organization at Pennsylvania State University & historian of work who has been studying the details & impacts of a phenomenon called micro-retirement – people treating breaks from work of three or more months. In this episode, you’ll hear how others are doing this idea, why it’s worth talking about & how it could be the solution to wide...
