Increasing Print Shop Productivity: The 4-Day Work Week | Lucky Prints

<div>Lucky Prints in Chicago moved to a 4-day workweek. Could your print shop pull off a 4-day week? And why would you want to do it, anyway? Owner Adam Smith sits down to discuss what it took to pull of a 4-day work week, why it means less downtime, and how the Lucky Prints culture led to small (but very significant) improvements over time.</div> <div>Visit Lucky Prints on Instagram to see what they're up to: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/luckyprints">https://www.instagram.com/luckyprints</a> </div> <div>Contents:</div> <div>00:00 Introduction<br> 02:25 About Lucky Prints<br> 04:25 Are restaurants like print shops?<br> 06:45 Why hiring from restaurants works<br> 10:15 Changes in 2020<br> 11:10 Why work 4 day weeks?<br> 12:25 How the 4 day week works<br> 14:20 4 day week means happier people<br> 16:50 Tracking downtime<br> 21:00 Building a culture of improvement<br> 24:40 How workers give feedback<br> 27:45 Competition in screen printing<br> 31:30 Saying no to bad jobs<br> 35:40 Firing a bad customer<br> 39:04 How to compete: experience!<br> 42:10 Digital printing?<br> 46:10 Patches, transfers, embroidery</div>