59 min
The 4-Day Workweek with Jon Leland Crowdsourcing Sustainability
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- Society & Culture
In this interview with Jon Leland, we talk about climate psychology, climate action, and then dive into the wide-ranging benefits of the 4-day workweek (it could simultaneously benefit people, the companies they work for, the communities they live in, and the climate!)
Jon is the Vice President of Insights & Head of Environmental Impact at Kickstarter. He has also launched two projects on Kickstarter that I really like for their tough-love approach to awareness-raising. They’re stickers saying “This place will be water” and “This place will burn” that you put in public places that are at risk according to science-based projections. These projects give people the tools to understand and communicate the local, near-term impacts of climate change and mobilize their community to take action on the crisis. Most recently, Jon has turned his focus towards the 4 Day Week campaign as it'd be a major win for both people and the planet.
Timeline:
0 Intro
1:10 Jon's climate journey.
9:27 Motivating communities to speak up and act with "This Place Will Be Water" & "This Place Will Burn" projects.
14:40 Jon's favorite stories that have come from the projects & thoughts on climate action.
21:35 History of the 5-day workweek.
24:50 Movement for a 4-day workweek.
25:55 Results from Iceland's 4-year study on a 4-day workweek.
27 The numerous benefits of a 4-day work week for people/employees & how they spend their time.
31:13 4-day work week from an employer's perspective.
36:15 The 4-day work week as a climate solution.
41:20 It seems impossible to achieve this - how could we make it happen?
46:10 Will this work across industries?
48:20 Short and long-term goals of the 4-day work week campaign.
50:30 We need a shift in mindset.
51:30 Jon's book recommendation and final message for folks.
54:40 The economy grew when it switched from a 6 to a 5-day workweek.
56:10 What should employees do if they want to help make this transition where they work?
Follow Jon, sign the petition and learn more about his campaigns here:
Sign the 4-day week petition: https://www.action.4dayweek.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JonathanLeland & https://twitter.com/4dayweek_global
This Place Will Be Water: https://www.thisplacewillbewater.org/
This Place Will Burn: https://www.thisplacewillburn.org/
Uncharted guide to a 4-day workweek: https://medium.com/this-is-uncharted/how-we-designed-a-4-day-workweek-experiment-cbdd80b88bab
Crowdsourcing Sustainability links:
Sign up for the Crowdsourcing Sustainability newsletter! https://crowdsourcing-sustainability.ck.page/c34a46ed01
Website: https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org
And a huge thank you to Diego Rentsch for editing as always!!
Support the show
In this interview with Jon Leland, we talk about climate psychology, climate action, and then dive into the wide-ranging benefits of the 4-day workweek (it could simultaneously benefit people, the companies they work for, the communities they live in, and the climate!)
Jon is the Vice President of Insights & Head of Environmental Impact at Kickstarter. He has also launched two projects on Kickstarter that I really like for their tough-love approach to awareness-raising. They’re stickers saying “This place will be water” and “This place will burn” that you put in public places that are at risk according to science-based projections. These projects give people the tools to understand and communicate the local, near-term impacts of climate change and mobilize their community to take action on the crisis. Most recently, Jon has turned his focus towards the 4 Day Week campaign as it'd be a major win for both people and the planet.
Timeline:
0 Intro
1:10 Jon's climate journey.
9:27 Motivating communities to speak up and act with "This Place Will Be Water" & "This Place Will Burn" projects.
14:40 Jon's favorite stories that have come from the projects & thoughts on climate action.
21:35 History of the 5-day workweek.
24:50 Movement for a 4-day workweek.
25:55 Results from Iceland's 4-year study on a 4-day workweek.
27 The numerous benefits of a 4-day work week for people/employees & how they spend their time.
31:13 4-day work week from an employer's perspective.
36:15 The 4-day work week as a climate solution.
41:20 It seems impossible to achieve this - how could we make it happen?
46:10 Will this work across industries?
48:20 Short and long-term goals of the 4-day work week campaign.
50:30 We need a shift in mindset.
51:30 Jon's book recommendation and final message for folks.
54:40 The economy grew when it switched from a 6 to a 5-day workweek.
56:10 What should employees do if they want to help make this transition where they work?
Follow Jon, sign the petition and learn more about his campaigns here:
Sign the 4-day week petition: https://www.action.4dayweek.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JonathanLeland & https://twitter.com/4dayweek_global
This Place Will Be Water: https://www.thisplacewillbewater.org/
This Place Will Burn: https://www.thisplacewillburn.org/
Uncharted guide to a 4-day workweek: https://medium.com/this-is-uncharted/how-we-designed-a-4-day-workweek-experiment-cbdd80b88bab
Crowdsourcing Sustainability links:
Sign up for the Crowdsourcing Sustainability newsletter! https://crowdsourcing-sustainability.ck.page/c34a46ed01
Website: https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org
And a huge thank you to Diego Rentsch for editing as always!!
Support the show
59 min