I’m a small-business owner with a background in process improvement (Lean and Six Sigma), the work of cutting waste. I started out as a process-improvement specialist and shift supervisor in manufacturing, and these days I hunt for the same kind of waste in small-business workweeks. I’m the author of Fire Your Fridays: A Business Owner’s Honest, Slightly Ridiculous Guide to the 4-Day Week (January 2027), where I check the claims productivity books make and keep only what holds up. Free Time Audit Starter Kit at fireyourfridays.com.