Agenda:

5:30 pm - Presentation by co-authors + discussion with moderated Q&A

6:30 pm - Light refreshments + book signing

Book Synopsis:

An impassioned—and data-driven—case for a four-day workweek.

The five-day workweek is a pillar of modern life, but it isn't backed by science, ancient wisdom, or divine decree. It's simply a relic of the industrial age—and it's time for an upgrade. What if we could accomplish more while working fewer days?

A shortened workweek once seemed like a radical idea. Today, it's embraced by innovative business leaders, forward-thinking politicians, and a new generation of workers demanding more meaningful work.

In Do More in Four, Joe O'Connor, a pioneer in designing and leading four-day-workweek pilots around the globe, and journalist Jared Lindzon, whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Fortune, and TIME magazine, present a groundbreaking, data-driven exploration of why a four-day workweek isn't merely possible—it's necessary in the age of artificial intelligence.

O'Connor and Lindzon draw on extensive research, compelling case studies, and personal interviews with experts—including a Nobel Prize–winning economist and Bill Gates—to reveal how organizations are reimagining work. From a consumer products giant in New Zealand to a global nonprofit, a Canadian law firm, and a Midwestern architecture firm, they take readers inside the companies transforming their work models to improve employee outcomes while driving revenue growth.

Do More in Four offers a battle-tested blueprint for a smarter, more humane approach to work.

About the speakers:

Joe O'Connor is the CEO and cofounder of Work Time Reduction, a global consulting and research organization based in Toronto that helps organizations find innovative ways to reduce working hours while maintaining or improving overall business outcomes. Previously, as the CEO of 4 Day Week Global, Joe led the design and implementation of four-day-workweek trials all over the world, supporting hundreds of employers and tens of thousands of employees as they made the transition to reduced-hour, productivity-driven working. Prior to moving to Toronto, Joe served as a visiting research scholar with Cornell University in New York City, leading a research project on work time reduction. Joe is also the former chairperson of the Four Day Week Ireland campaign; he founded the coalition in 2019 and developed the world's first four-day-week pilot program and research project there in 2021. 

Jared Lindzon is a freelance journalist and public speaker based in Toronto, widely recognized as a thought leader on the "future of work" for his reporting over the last decade. Jared's writing is regularly featured in leading national and global publications, including the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Fast Company, TIME magazine, the Globe and Mail, and the Toronto Star, among many others. As a public speaker Jared often delivers keynote presentations on the future of work and regularly participates in podcasts and panels alongside some of the world's leading business, political, and cultural leaders. 

About the moderator:

John P. Trougakos is a Professor of Management at the University of Toronto, Scarborough Department of Management, and Rotman School of Management. His work focuses on the dynamics of employees’ daily organizational life, seeking to provide insights into current organizational challenges as well as those of the rapidly evolving workplaces of the future. He specializes in issues related to leadership, group dynamics, employee well-being and productivity, work breaks and recovery, as well as the implementation of novel work methods (e.g., hybrid models, shortened work weeks, etc.).

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