Success

JULY 20, 2023

To keep the 76,000-square-foot store running with only 120 employees, down 40% from the prior year, and with 50% fewer staff in the restaurant, they had to find efficiencies like streamlining the restaurant menu. My dad told me: ‘Rick, if you want the restaurant to run well, be in the restaurant.’ Great advice.”

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Ideas.Ted

JULY 8, 2021

After more than 2,500 workers moved to a 35- or 36-hour workweek and declared themselves happier, healthier and less stressed, the country is now moving to make this an option for the majority of its workforce. In the US, I am currently working on a campaign to encourage companies to adopt a four-day week; it launched in late June 2021.

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Success

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The surprises began with dinner at the swankiest restaurant from their hometown in Brussels and progressed to skydiving, matching tattoos and a “bachelor’s” weekend in Ireland. He later fostered 16-year-old blind, deaf Chachito for Muttville, which pays for veterinary care and which rescued over 1,000 dogs in 2021.

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