S6, Bonus 2: Exploring the 4-Day Work-Week with Joe Ryle

Welcome to Series 6, Episode 4 of the Future of Internal Communication podcast, brought to you by the Institute of Internal Communication. The pandemic and hybrid work have triggered a mass re-evaluation of how we work. It’s becoming clear that reaching a ‘new normal’ will take years to resolve. Many organisations have started to re-examine standardised work practices and experiment with alternative ways of working. Between June and December 2022, 70 UK organisations participated in the world’s largest ever trial of a 4-day working week. With results of the pilot revealed this week, we wanted to chat with Joe Ryle – Director of the 4-Day Week Campaign. In this special bonus episode, Joe explained the background behind the campaign for a 4-day work week and shared his views on where the trend for new working patterns is headed. Most importantly, we discussed the opportunity for internal communication professionals to help re-shape how we work, to the benefit of all.  

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The Institute of Internal Communication is the UK’s only independent professional membership body solely dedicated to internal communication. Since the emergence of COVID-19 in 2020, Internal communication has been recognised as the vital glue that holds distributed, remote and hybrid teams and organisations together. As we adapt to an era of continuous change, how we communicate at work has never been more important.