AI is reshaping work at an unprecedented pace, but most organizations are struggling to translate ambition into adoption. In this talk, Joe O’Connor shows why sustainable human performance and innovative work models are essential to unlocking AI’s potential. Drawing on global case studies, cutting-edge research, and Work Time Revolution’s AI Adoption Framework, he explains how to transform anxiety into agency, build capacity for learning, and redesign work so people can do fewer, higher-impact things better—while AI handles the rest.
Key Takeaways:
Context: Understand why AI adoption struggles are less about technology and more about human capacity, trust, and work design.
Proof: Learn from global pilots and case studies showing how innovative work models improve both adoption and wellbeing.
Strategy: Gain practical steps from the AI Adoption Framework to turn AI anxiety into agency and unlock sustainable human performance.
Burnout has become the silent productivity killer of our time. In this talk, Joe O’Connor exposes how busywork, digital distraction, and outdated productivity metrics are draining employee energy and eroding performance. Drawing on cutting-edge research, global case studies, and incisive original insights, he shows why balance—not blend—is the foundation of sustainable performance. Leaders will learn how to redesign work to protect focus, normalize detachment, and create cultures where people thrive over the long term.
Key Takeaways
Context: Recognize how busywork and distraction drive burnout and why traditional wellness programs don’t work.
Proof: Understand the research and case studies proving that balance, focus, and detachment fuel sustainable performance.
Strategy: Learn practical steps to redesign work—eliminating low-value tasks, protecting boundaries, and building cultures of sustainable performance.
The five-day workweek is a relic of the industrial age. In this talk, Joe O’Connor reveals how forward-thinking companies across industries are adopting a four-day workweek to tackle their greatest challenges—burnout, retention, productivity, and AI adoption—more effectively than ever before. Drawing on global pilots and original research from Do More in Four, O’Connor illustrates how reducing hours unlocks higher performance, healthier workplaces, and stronger communities—and why now is the moment to reimagine the future of work.
Key session takeaways:
Context: Understand the arbitrary history of the 40-hour week, and why it no longer fits today’s realities in the age of AI.
Proof: Learn how organizations of all shapes and sizes have successfully implemented the four-day week while using it a tool for solving business
challenges.
Strategy: Gain practical strategies to reduce hours, advocate for change, and implement “do more in four” principles in your own work.
