Long story short: 4 ways to improve productivity

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It’s February — which means all the good habits we swore we’d stick to in January have likely already fallen off our ever-expanding to-do list. 

Maintaining and growing productivity is no small feat, and it takes conscious efforts to build better habits and better work environments to start getting more work done — without extending your working hours. 

Global fundraising resource Kickstarter is among 200 companies in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand that have joined 4 Day Week Global, a nonprofit dedicated to helping companies reduce their workweeks down to 32 hours. Kickstarter launched its four-day workweek pilot in April of 2022, and nine months later, it has decided to permanently embrace the abbreviated schedule.

Yes, this means that Kickstarter’s employees now enjoy a three-day weekend every weekend — but their entire structure of working has transformed as well.

Stephanie Schomer
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Stephanie Schomer is the editor-in-chief of Employee Benefit News. She was most recently the deputy editor of Entrepreneur magazine and previously held positions at Entertainment Weekly, … Read full bio


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