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AI is a ‘transformative force,’ but how do we ensure it benefits everyone?

Joe O'Connor urges employers to adopt a four-day, 32-hour workweek and use AI to benefit workers, citing many organizations already seeing positive results.

  • On the Closer Look podcast, Joe O'Connor promoted a four-day, 32-hour workweek and urged employers to use AI to benefit workers.
  • Joe O'Connor has long advocated a four-day, 32-hour workweek and convinced organizations that adopted the model to reap the rewards.
  • The new book Do More in Four: Why It's Time for a Shorter Workweek, co-authored by O'Connor, frames the shorter week as transformative and invites readers to `Imagine a world where every weekend is a long weekend`.
  • Village Media's Closer Look, hosted by Michael Friscolanti and Scott Sexsmith, airs Monday to Friday at 7 p.m., with episodes produced by Derek Turner available on closerlookpodcast.ca.
  • Audience engagement: the show offers a newsletter and listeners can sign up to get Closer Look in their inbox with a free nightly newsletter at closerlook@villagemedia.ca.
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AI is a ‘transformative force,’ but how do we ensure it benefits everyone?

“There is nothing else that is going to transform our societies and economies in the way that this will': Author of a new book on the four-day workweek has some updated advice for employers

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