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

Printavo PrintHustlers Podcast

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. Visit Lucky Prints on Instagram to see what they're up to: https://www.instagram.com/luckyprints Contents: 00:00 Introduction 02:25 About Lucky Prints 04:25 Are restaurants like print shops? 06:45 Why hiring from restaurants works 10:15 Changes in 2020 11:10 Why work 4 day weeks? 12:25 How the 4 day week works 14:20 4 day week means happier people 16:50 Tracking downtime 21:00 Building a culture of improvement 24:40 How workers give feedback 27:45 Competition in screen printing 31:30 Saying no to bad jobs 35:40 Firing a bad customer 39:04 How to compete: experience! 42:10 Digital printing? 46:10 Patches, transfers, embroidery