Entrepreneur trials shorter working hours in his office and sees a huge surge ...

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An Australian entrepreneur is pushing for a shorter workdays with the promise of a boom in employee productivity.

Steve Glaveski, who co-founded Melbourne start-up Collective Campus, believes cutting down on the traditional workday will be extremely beneficial for businesses.

An article the innovator penned for Harvard Business Review has sparked a debate over whether workers are spending too much time in the office and if a stronger focus on work-life balance could provide better employment outcomes.

Glaveski conducted a two-week experiment that saw his team work just six-hours a day – instead of the traditional eight.

As a result he said his team prioritised effectively and limited interruptions in the first few hours of the day.

'The team maintained, and in some cases increased, its quantity and quality of work,

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