Welcome to Work Wise UK
Launched in 2006, Work Wise UK is a, not-for-profit, campaign and development organisation whose primary mission is to make the UK one of the most progressive economies in the world by introducing Smarter Working practices and increasing the UK’s ranking in the Developed Nations Productivity League.
Work Wise Week
and
National Work from Home Day
The aim of Work Wise Week and National Work from Home Day is to promote modern “smarter” working practices such as hybrid, flexible, remote and mobile working, as well as working from home.
As the UK population continues to recover from the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 on all aspects of daily life, we invite Employers, Employees and the Self Employed to use their social media channels to say what they are doing to adapt and create new smarter ways of smarter ways of working, referencing #workwiseweek and #nwfhd
As our lives start to get back to some resemblance of normality will the way we work continue to change? Will we see the end of outdated working practices? For many will the daily commute from home be replaced by the commute to the designated workspace in the home? Or, will we revert to commuting to the our place of work five days a week?
With the rising costs of motoring and public transport, as well as the negative impact on the environment and our health, surely adopting new working practices is the way forward in the post pandemic era.
During the week we published a daily guest blog from strategic partners as well as organisations who shared their thought’s on how the pandemic has impacted the way we live and work and what the new norm could look like as the UK economy continues to recover.
Sunday 15th May - Should people be made to return to the office again soon? By Dr Stefanie Reissner, Newcastle University & Dr Michal Izak, Universty of Roehampton. Read here:
Monday 16th May - Smarter Working in Europe: Smarter Workers in Pole Position! By Philip Vanhoutte, Author of the Smarter Working Manifesto and Co-Founder of the European Smart Work Network. Read here:
Tuesday 17th May - Utilising Cloud Based Tools to Make Your Business ‘Work Wise’ Remotely. By Damian Hanson, Co-Founder & Director of CircleLoop. Read here:
Wednesday 18th May - The Way We Work Now - Time to Come Off the See-Saw? By Susan Clews, Chief Executive, Acas. Read here:
Thursday 19th May - The power of the community and how flexible working, can work. By Steve Byrne, CEO, Travel Counsellors. Read here:
Friday 20th May - Fair flexibility still has to be won for all workers. By Frances O’Grady, General Secretary, TUC. Read here:
Saturday 21st May - Guest blog: ‘You’re yes then you’re no, you’re in then you’re out, you’re up then you’re down’: the complexities and paradoxes of hybrid working in the Covid-emergent era. By Dr Harriet Shortt, Dr Stuart McClean, Dr Charlotte von Bulow, Gemma Pike, University of the West of England. Read here:
