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Bitesize

Time well spent

The four-day week, meetings and asynchronous work.

Level
Bitesize
Learning time
1 hour 15 minutes
Where
Agile and New Ways of Working
Price
£39

When you step up to a higher level, what you paid in the last 12 months for lower-level courses inside the bigger course comes off its price, in proportion to how much of each is inside it, whichever topic it's from. Courses at the same or a lower level don't give credit against each other. A Focus course or above always costs at least £15. Read the full terms

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About this course

Overview and Outcomes.

Overview

Shorter working weeks are being raised by staff, unions, members and candidates for hard-to-fill roles. This module separates the 100:80:100 model from compressed and reduced hours, examines the UK pilot of 2022, Iceland's public sector trials and Microsoft Japan, and sets out what a fair trial should measure and the critiques it must answer. South Cambridgeshire District Council shows how evidence, honesty and design settled the question. In most public services the scarcest resource is focused time. This module draws on Microsoft's infinite workday data, Cal Newport's hyperactive hive mind and deep work, and Patrick Lencioni's four meeting types to show how to protect attention and choose the right channel for each conversation. GitLab, Amazon's six-page memo and Atlassian's Team Anywhere show deliberate design in practice, alongside a team communication charter.

What you'll develop

In this Bitesize, you will develop the ability to:

  1. Distinguish the 100:80:100 model, compressed hours and reduced hours, and identify which problem each is suited to.
  2. Assess the evidence from the UK pilot, Iceland, Microsoft Japan and South Cambridgeshire, including selection effects and other limits.
  3. Plan a fair trial of shorter working time that redesigns the work and measures service outcomes, workforce, wellbeing and cost against a baseline.
  4. Explain how constant interruption and the hyperactive hive mind erode focused work, and why the fix lies in team processes rather than individual willpower.
  5. Choose the right channel and meeting type for each conversation, using Lencioni's four meeting types and the weight and urgency matrix.
  6. Plan a team communication charter that records decisions in writing, sets response times and protects time for focus.
What it covers

The Modules.

1 hour 15 minutes of learning.

  1. 14Time, Output and the Four-Day WeekShorter working weeks are being raised by staff, unions, members and candidates for hard-to-fill roles. This module separates the 100:80:100 model from compressed and reduced hours, examines the UK pilot of 2022, Iceland's public sector trials and Microsoft Japan, and sets out what a fair trial should measure and the critiques it must answer. South Cambridgeshire District Council shows how evidence, honesty and design settled the question.39 min
  2. 15Collaboration, Meetings and Asynchronous WorkIn most public services the scarcest resource is focused time. This module draws on Microsoft's infinite workday data, Cal Newport's hyperactive hive mind and deep work, and Patrick Lencioni's four meeting types to show how to protect attention and choose the right channel for each conversation. GitLab, Amazon's six-page memo and Atlassian's Team Anywhere show deliberate design in practice, alongside a team communication charter.39 min
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Part of the Agile and New Ways of Working topic, also sold whole as Lighter, faster, more human.

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  1. You are hereBitesize, 1 hour 15 minutes, £39
  2. Next stepFocus, The shape of work to come, 4 hours, £69. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £30.
  3. Explore, Reworking work, 5 hours 30 minutes, £129. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £90.
  4. The whole topicImmerse, Lighter, faster, more human, 11 hours 30 minutes, £249. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £210.

When you step up to a higher level, what you paid in the last 12 months for lower-level courses inside the bigger course comes off its price, in proportion to how much of each is inside it, whichever topic it's from. Courses at the same or a lower level don't give credit against each other. A Focus course or above always costs at least £15. Prices per person. Read the full terms

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