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Is the Future of Work a Shorter Working Week? How Reducing Working Time Can Improve Performance & Quality of Life
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
10:30 Am TO 11:45 Am (Eastern Time)
Summary
In this keynote presentation and discussion, leading global work time reduction expert and evangelist Joe O'Connor will cover:
- The growth of the international shorter working week movement;
- The historical context and present day imperative for work time reduction;
- why organizations are doing this;
- how they are doing it;
- what emerging findings from global four-day week trials and research is telling us, including exclusive insights and data from ongoing projects and case studies;
- how the Work Time Reduction Center of Excellence partners with organizations to successfully and sustainably reduce work time without compromising productivity;
- the synergies between AI, remote work, and work time reduction; and
- implications for the future of work.
Speaker(s)
Joe O'Connor, Director & Co-founder of Work Time Reduction Center of Excellence
Joe is the Director and Co-founder of the world's first Center of Excellence in Work Time Reduction, a global partnership initiative with leading people-first transformation company Curium Solutions which is headquartered in Canada.
Previously, as the chief executive officer of 4 Day Week Global, Joe led the design and implementation of four-day week trials all over the world, supporting hundreds of employers and thousands of employees to make the transition to reduced-hour, productivity-focused working in 2022.
Joe recently led a research project on work time reduction as a visiting research scholar with Cornell University in New York City. He is now based in Toronto, where he heads up Canadian operations for Curium Solutions in addition to directing the Work Time Reduction CoE.
Joe is also formerly the chairperson of the Four Day Week Ireland campaign, having founded the coalition in 2019, where he developed the world's first four-day week pilot program and research project in 2021 upon which the global trials were modelled.
He has been active on the issue of working time reduction since 2018, when he organized a major international conference on ‘The Future of Working Time’.
Registration
Members of the Strategic Capability Network may attend this event at no cost, we just ask that you register.
Non-Members and Member Guests are charged a fee of $75.00 + HST per registration. Should the non-member or guest subsequently decide to join, the non-member registration fee can be deducted from the membership dues.