# Why paternity leave benefits everyone

- Institution: TED
- Department: The Way We Work
- Speaker: Shu Matsuo Post
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/shu_matsuo_post_why_paternity_leave_benefits_everyone)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Paternity leave has many benefits for dads, their partners and their babies -- but did you know it also has surprising benefits for companies? This is what author Shu Matsuo Post learned from his seven transformative months of paternity leave -- and he says it can create more equal and diverse workplaces and even boost productivity.

## Lectures

1. [Why paternity leave benefits everyone](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/shu_matsuo_post_why_paternity_leave_benefits_everyone/e46d52fad06d), 6 min (TED's player)