Do More in FourJoe O'Connor Jared Lindzon1stLabel: Harvard Business Review PressDescription: 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.
