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Flexibility, Productivity & Sustainability at Workplace Trends Research Summit 2024
The Workplace Trends Sping Research Summit bridges the gap between academic researchers and workplace practitioners, featuring the best of recent applied research and data-driven case
The ABC of Smart and Flexible Working – our helpful Glossary of terms
Here is our (occasionaly opinionated!) glossary of terms commonly used in the worlds of Smart and Flexible Working, including in some cases an explanation of
The book to help you move Beyond Hybrid Working
By Andy Lake Since 2020, we have seen an acceleration of trends that span more than 30 years. These include the rise of flexible working,
Smart Working Handbook – 3rd edition
It’s time to take a strategic approach to flexible and hybrid working – and make them smarter! That’s the message of the new edition of
Four ways to address flexibility for hands-on and site-specific workers
Or, “What about the workers?” In all the debate about remote/hybrid working, the future of offices and the future of work, it’s often forgotten that
Flexibility News in Brief
We’re reviving our digest of news about Flexible Working, Smart Working and all things connected. And we add in a little opinion here and there
30 years at the forefront of insight on Flexible and Smart Working
It’s been my privilege to have seen, over the course of nearly 30 years, flexible working move from a dubious workplace eccentricity to mainstream acceptance.
Hybrid working: a case of old dogmas learning new tricks?
Is hybrid working a revolution in the way we work, or a case of old office-based place and presence-based ways of working reasserting themselves in
Evaluating ‘Remote Work’ success depends crucially on What Else Has Changed
Remote work is more productive. Remote work is less productive. Remote workers are more engaged. Remote workers are less engaged. They are more stressed. They
How to go “Beyond Hybrid Working” for transformative change
I’m delighted to say the manuscript of my new book, Beyond Hybrid Working, is now in the hands of the publisher (Routledge), wites Andy Lake.
What’s in store for the flexible world of work in 2023?
The Flexibility predictions for 2023 and beyond One of my maxims in writing about the future of work is, “The future is always plural and
Time for a Bonfire of Useless Terminology about Work and Workplace!
There are certain words and phrases that consistently crop up in commentary on work and workplace that at best oversimplify, and at worst distort our
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Take a look forward into the future evolution of work – higher levels of location-independent work, automation, AI and robotics – and all the impacts
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We’ve been reporting on the world of flexible/smart/agile work since 1993. Here we dip into the archive for a selection of the best insights