Joining Yuri Kruman today is Rob Krecak of Humans First, a consultancy that helps other companies transition to a four-day work week with no loss in productivity or profitability and the same pay for employees. Rob enumerates the upsides to working fewer hours and shares insights on the value of interconnectedness in the face of technology. From lesser burnout to being an attractive perk to applicants, learn about the many gains of this emerging people management philosophy. Our conversation explored these golden nuggets of wisdom:
- How Rob started with three different college degrees and ended with him becoming a sell-side equity analyst
- How he opened an Anytime Fitness health club while working a 60-hour a week day job, which eventually grew to three clubs across three different states
- How he founded his consultancy business Humans First, a combination of his career that started from finance, transitioned to health and fitness, and now focuses on technology
- How a childhood memory of having extremely bad acne inspired him to work in the health and fitness industry
- What is the story behind Shop Mom and Pop, his company’s Google Chrome extension
- What is the role of Entrepreneurs’ Organization in his journey as an entrepreneur
- How managing a uBreakiFix cellphone repair store gave him the a-ha moment to start Humans First
- What are the lasting (and possibly) alarming effects of extended phone use on kids and teenagers in this digital age (with relevant statistics and research data from Rob)
- How Humans First guide their clients in honing better technology mindfulness habits and how exactly they run their experimental methods
- What are the potential benefits of adopting a 40-work week
- Why he makes a huge effort to develop good relationships with his employees
- What is Rob’s biggest life goal
