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iceland. you know, we are united states, you know, but what we can learn is the process we could in that sort of a universal, whether it's through public policy or through, you know, organizational change, the process that they went through, get to those shorter, more effective hours and then the culture change they went through to reward what really important and to things like equity and human well-being rather than endless growth and gdp and, you know, kind of outsized profits for ceos as well. frontline workers, wages have stagnated really since 1971. you know, there are processes that we can learn from that i thought were really valuable. and that's what i really focus on in that chapter in you able to convince your employer to implement a four day workweek. well, so so i run a nonprofit, you know, and so as program director, i have a lot of autonomy within within my organization work at new america. and so really, ever since i got there i mean, that is one thing that i will say is that even though i have struggled with long work hours over my, you know, over my career, i have always thought to work ve

iceland. we are the united states. but what we can learn is the process. that is sort of universal, whether it is through public policy or through organizational change, the process that they went through to get to this shorter, more effective hours. and then the cultural change that they went through to reward what was really important, and to center things like equity and human well-being, rather than endless -- and gdp and kind of outsized profits for ceos while workers wages have stagnated really since 1971. there are processes that we can learn from that i thought were really valuable. that is what i really focus on in the chapter. host: were you able to convince your employer to implement a four-day work week? guest: so, i run a nonprofit program. as a program director, i have a lot of autonomy within my organization. i work at new america. ever since i got there that is one thing i will say, is that even though i have struggled with long work hours over my career, and i have always sought to work flexibly. i have always had more of a sense of choice and control over my time.

iceland. you know, we are united states, you know, but what we can learn is the process we could in that sort of a universal, whether it's through public policy or through, you know, organizational change, the process that they went through, get to those shorter, more effective hours and then the culture change they went through to reward what really important and to things like equity and human well-being rather than endless growth and gdp and, you know, kind of outsized profits for ceos as well. frontline workers, wages have stagnated really since 1971. you know, there are processes that we can learn from that i thought were really valuable. and that's what i really focus on in that chapter in you able to convince your employer to implement a four day workweek. well, so so i run a nonprofit, you know, and so as program director, i have a lot of autonomy within within my organization work at new america. and so really, ever since i got there i mean, that is one thing that i will say is that even though i have struggled with long work hours over my, you know, over my career, i have always thought to work ve