The 4-Day Mindset: How One Company is Challenging the Status Quo

Do you ever wonder where the typical workweek comes from? It goes back nearly 100 years to the days when Henry Ford split up a 24-hour day into three shifts of eight hours for his factory employees. For corporate America, it slowly became the norm to work 9 a.m. to 5 p.m, Monday through Friday. While so much changed over the past century, how society looks at work did not change until the Covid-19 pandemic.

We realized employees in nearly every industry could be productive outside of an office without adhering to the strict 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday schedule. As Richard Branson said, "If you take care of your employees, they will take care of the clients." That's why at Media Minefield, we are implementing a four-day workweek mindset to better serve our clients and employees.

Read more about it in my latest article in Inc.