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“I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.” ~~ John G. Diefenbaker

ADAM OLSEN -- As companies evolve and develop their “new normal” perhaps it is not necessary to cling to the 20th century idea of the workplace

This week my colleague Sonia Furstenau and I connected with Alex Soojung-Kim Pang  to discuss his research on the four-day workweek. I am republishing this  Facebook Live conversation  on YouTube, and on The Public Circle Podcast .   So much of our lives have been re-designed in the past four months. It was in our workplaces where the most abrupt and dramatic changes occurred. Many of us have had to quickly adapt to working from home, our children, their teachers and administrators had to develop tools for learning online.   We quickly found out that our relationship with the office was perhaps not as cemented as we previously thought. It is possible to work remotely, and as companies evolve and develop their “new normal” perhaps it is not necessary to cling to the 20th century idea of the workplace. So, I ask the question, is there an opportunity to reimagine our relationship with the office?   The four-day workweek is one of the ideas that h...

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