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The Resilient Four-Day Work Week

Allwork

Whether it’s 32 hours, 40 hours, a 15% program, full or partial pay, however you dice it up the ‘4-day work week’ has been a very popular topic. This is one reason why, in 1948, 3M announced they would encourage their employees to spend 15% of their time during the week to follow up on ideas, often leading to new innovations for the company.

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How Do Employees Feel About Remote Work in 2023?

Success

If it’s up to remote workers, the answer is a clear yes. And according to a 2019 Vox article , Kate Lister, president of Global Workplace Analytics , believes it is possible that “by 2025, some 70% of the workforce will work remotely at least five days a month.” Does the future have even more remote work?

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A quick explainer for COP26 — here’s how climate negotiations work and what’s at stake

Ideas.Ted

The above photo was taken at COP25 in Madrid, Spain, in 2019.) . One key goal of COP26 is to ratchet up these targets to reach net zero carbon emissions by the middle of the century. negotiations, remains hopeful that enough countries will create momentum for others to strengthen their reduction targets by 2025.