Welcome to Bright Ones the 3 minute podcast that points out underappreciate goodness that went overlooked! Come with me as we sniff out a positive story! SNIFF SNIFF SNIFF Scientists and workplace researchers keep running the same experiment over and over again. The results are always the same but the majority of global companies keep ignoring! What is this hidden secret that the status quo tries to keep under wraps!? The secret is, the 4 day work week is win-win! We've mentioned this briefly before but this fact deserves it's on mini-cast! We need to shout from the rooftops that, for most salaried job types people still get their work done in 4 days vs 5! In more recent proof a massive international four-day workweek study followed companies across the U.S., Canada, Britain, and Ireland. Workers got the same pay, but worked fewer hours. The same work got done but researchers found... - Burnout dropped - Job satisfaction improved - Sick days went down - Productivity stayed the same or even improved Additionally one report found employee turnover dropped by more than 50 percent . Another showed many workers saved nearly four hours a week just by cutting unnecessary meetings and workplace fluff. Apparently humanity needs less “quick sync meetings”. Researchers also noticed people slept better, had less stress, and improvements in mental health. Improving health this way makes a healthier employee which also means reduction of medical needs which has a direct cost reduction benefit to employees. Now, to be fair, not every job type can instantly switch to four days. Hospitals, emergency services, all service industries in fact and many physical jobs have different challenges. Most supporters say it takes careful planning and smarter workflows. "Butts in office chairs" does not directly equate to productivity. In fact, it may be the exact opposite. In anectodal evidence, a few years back a startup actually required employees spend 20% of their time, one full day, to work on other side-projects. The little company did well for itself and continues a version of that program to this very day. I heard they were doing well for themselves The name of that company... is Google. Maybe the future of productivity is not humans becoming being replaced by robots. Maybe it’s humans getting enough sleep to stop replying “you too” when the waiter says “enjoy your meal.” That's our episode today. Keep looking for good news hiding under the world’s giant pile of notifications and like me try to be a goodboy WOOF!