In the second half of a special two-part episode featuring Professor Sir Cary Cooper, CBE, we discuss the four-day working week and how organizations are coping with the challenges of low growth, energy insecurity, and higher levels of long-term sickness due to stress.
Professor Sir Cary is the 50th Anniversary Prof of Organizational Psychology & Health at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, author and editor of 100s of books and is one of Britain’s most quoted business experts.
He is also the founding President of the British Academy of Management, a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute, one of only a few UK Fellows of the (American) Academy of Management, and a past President of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and President of RELATE.
Professor Sir Cary was awarded the CBE by the Queen in 2001 for his contributions to organizational health and safety, and in 2014 he was awarded a Knighthood for his contribution to the social sciences.
Questions for Professor Sir Cary include:
- What do you think of attempts to move towards a 4-day work week?
- Is the 4-day work week a way to ensure a better work-life balance or does it offer stresses e.g. employees, in reality, working longer hours and scambling to get tasks done?
- One of your latest books, Resilience in Modern-Day Organizations, focuses on how organizations are coping with the challenges of low growth, energy insecurity, and higher levels of long-term sickness due to stress. Tell us more
- What are the big world of work trends to watch out for in 2024?