Happy’s 4 Day Week: You Should Try it Too! (18 Month Update)
In June 2022 Happy launched our
Four-Day Week initiative.
We joined over 60 other companies worldwide in the trial, hoping to improve productivity as well as overall wellbeing.
A year and a half has passed since then. In this blog, Happy’s Founder and Chief Happiness Officer – Henry Stewart looks at how this scheme has impacted us at Happy.
Key Messages From Alex Soojung-Kim Pang About The Importance of Rest
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang is Global Programs Director at 4 Day Week Global, and a leading voice in reduced hours working. He is the author of three books exploring how companies and individuals can better integrate rest, creativity, and focus into digital-age lives and work.
In this talk from the 2023 Happy Workplaces Conference, Alex focuses on the key messages from his second book, Rest: Get More Done When You Work Less, which explores the hidden role of rest in the lives of exceptionally creative and prolific people. He discusses the concepts of ‘active rest’, ‘deep play’, and the brain’s ‘default mode network’ as well as the value of vacations and the afternoon nap!
3 Important Things About Communicating Across Differences
I’ve recently facilitated a session for a large group of professional coaches with the international coach federation (ICF – UK chapter) and part of what we’ve explored in the session was participants’ identities. We’ve done an exercise where participants explored different factors of their identity and as part of that same exercise, they also got the opportunity to reflect on which of these factors are most meaningful to them and how those factors influence how they show up personally and professionally. I’ve really enjoyed this session and the engaging discussions that took place.
Read more in this blog written by Marwa Farouq.
How to Identify and Engage Stakeholders With Happy’s Workshop
Learn about Happy’s Stakeholder Engagement workshop and the topics you will cover on it in this quick three-minute video by Rachael.
