A four-day week
Work · Board of 3We’re a 30-person design agency with an 18% margin. Should we move everyone to a four-day week from July, same pay?
Chief of staff
A board call: The Operator, The CFO and The Empath. Each researches alone, then they react to one another — and on a decision, two of them take opposed sides.
The OperatorCOO
The CFOFinancial Controller
The EmpathPeople Advocate

Asked first
Is the 18% margin before or after the partners’ pay?
BeforeAfterNot sure
The board’s call
Pilot the four-day week for one quarter with two of the five teams, then decide on the numbers.
At an 18% margin, one lost client pays for a mistake. A quarter on two teams shows whether billable hours hold before the whole agency depends on it.

The Empath disagreed
“A pilot for two teams splits the agency into those who got Fridays and those who didn’t. Do all of it, or none.”
Board of 3 · up to 135 credits on the card · an example, not a recorded run









