Meet the Irishman fighting for a global four-day work week

Capitalising on a watershed moment in the workplace, where the future of when and how work happens is up for grabs.

This month, 70 companies in the UK with over 3,300 employees will embark on the pilot, O’Connor said.

Joe O’Connor wants to persuade your boss, and everyone’s boss, to reduce the workweek to 32 hours.

As chief executive officer of the nonprofit 4 Day Week Global, O’Connor oversees six-month boot camps now helping 170 companies with 10,000 participating employees around the world to adopt more flexible work schedules.