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Podcast: Striking Back: Protecting Your Paycheck When Your Job Goes Off The Rails
Almost three years in, we think it’s safe to conclude that history will view the 2020’s as “an interesting time to be alive.” But a silver lining of these turbulent […]
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From HBR: “The Case for the 6-Hour Workday”
The eight-hour workday harkens back to 19-century socialism. When there was no upper limit to the hours that organizations could demand of factory workers, American labor unions fought hard to […]
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Podcast: The Quiet Quitting Quagmire
By now you’ve probably heard about “quiet quitting,” the latest workplace trend to blow the minds of journalists and social media posters alike. This stunning act of rebellion involves employees […]
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“How Fidelity changed its Dublin office for flexible working”
We here at The Busyness Paradox have been consistently making this recommendation throughout our podcasts. Glad to see there are large companies striving to make this happen. “Employers need to […]
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Podcast: People Don’t Want to Work (for you) Anymore!
We’ve all seen the signs and memes. We’ve heard the cranky scorn from talking heads, business owners, politicians and old men yelling at clouds. No one (except them) wants to […]
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Podcast: Charlotte Lockhart and the 4-Day Week
You asked us to talk more about four-day work weeks, we did you one better. Join us for a discussion with Charlotte Lockhart, founder and managing director of the 4 […]
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Podcast: Expanding the Compressed Workweek
With all the changes brought about by Covid-19, you might not be surprised to hear about a huge uptick in research on the effects of shortened work weeks. You might […]
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Frank Awarded for his work with the Veterans Entrepreneurship Program!
Congrats to Frank for winning the University of Tennessee President's Award for his work with the Veterans Entrepreneurship Program!
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Podcast: Busy Signals
There is such a thing as “good” busyness – that baseline euphoria you feel when you’re humming along, pummeling your to-do list like it owes you money. There’s also such […]
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Podcast: Time For Niksen (not that Nixon)
That’s it! We’re starting a church… Links to articles, episodes and topics discussed in this episode:0:30 – The U.S. tried permanent daylight saving time in the 1970s — then quickly […]
