In Pursuit of a Cultural Shift | Sijo Kuruvilla George | TEDxSecunderabad

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Sijo Kuruvilla George, a renown Startup mentor argues for the need to change the way we look at progress and economics, in this refreshing talk from TEDxSecunderabad. Given the opportunity, would you take up a 4-day work week with 10-hour work days, instead of the traditional 5-day work week with 8 hour work days? Sijo says that a shift in work environments from formal to completely informal is imminent and inevitable. A 4-day work week has the potential to hike the employees' productivity and performances. In this talk, Sijo also gave examples of firms around the world which are shifting to four-day weeks and contrary to general belief, increasing productivity. Sijo Kuruvilla George is the Founding CEO of Startup Village, India’s first Public-Private-Partnership model Technology Business Incubator, directly promoted by the Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India; Technopark, Trivandrum and MobME Wireless Solutions. Started in April 2012, Startup Village's aim is to launch 1000 technology startups over the next 10 years and start the search for the next billion-dollar Indian company. Sijo did his MBA in Marketing and Strategy from Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai. He is also a Mechanical Engineer from College of Engineering, Trivandrum. Sijo serves as mentor and business consultant to several startup firms like iTraveller, Flip Technology, Thingout and Wedogood. He also serves on the board of directors of a few of those companies. Sijo is also a panelist and judge of some of the entrepreneurial events in India. Sijo also interacts with the student community to promote student entrepreneurship initiatives. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx