Joe O'Connor is the CEO and cofounder of Work Time Reduction, a global consulting and research organization based in Toronto that helps organizations find innovative ways to reduce working hours while maintaining or improving overall business outcomes. Previously, as the CEO of 4 Day Week Global, Joe led the design and implementation of four-day-workweek trials all over the world, supporting hundreds of employers and tens of thousands of employees as they made the transition to reduced-hour, productivity-driven working. Prior to moving to Toronto, Joe served as a visiting research scholar with Cornell University in New York City, leading a research project on work time reduction. Joe is also the former chairperson of the Four Day Week Ireland campaign; he founded the coalition in 2019 and developed the world's first four-day-week pilot program and research project there in 2021.

Jared Lindzon is a freelance journalist and public speaker based in Toronto, widely recognized as a thought leader on the "future of work" for his reporting over the last decade. Jared's writing is regularly featured in leading national and global publications, including the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Fast Company, TIME magazine, the Globe and Mail, and the Toronto Star, among many others. As a public speaker Jared often delivers keynote presentations on the future of work and regularly participates in podcasts and panels alongside some of the world's leading business, political, and cultural leaders.