Reviews of Beyond Hybrid Working
Andy Lake's 2024 book Beyond Hybrid Working - A Smarter & Transformational Approach to Flexible Working has been gathering very positive reviews! Here's a selection of quotes and onward links:…
Our realistic but gloomy predictions for 2025!
Happy New Year! Here are our somewhat doom-laden predictions for the world of work and more in 2025 - but with some positive undercurrents nonetheless! From time to time, not…
Videos and Podcasts – Flexibility in Sound and Vision
Here we have selected videos and audio featuring issues and ideas in the the worlds of flexible working, transforming workplaces, and the future of work. Bookmark this page to find…
How Smart is Hybrid Working? Workplace Geeks podcast with Andy Lake
In April 2024, Andy Lake spoke with Ian Ellison and Chris Moriarty of the renowned Workplace Geeks podcast, with further commentary from Dan Wakelin. Now in its third series, the…
The right to disconnect – what could be wrong with that?
We all need to be able to switch off from work and have the control we seek between work and the rest of life. So a “right to disconnect” might…
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 a slightly different guise? A…
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 are less stressed. Homeworking is…
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 understanding of changes to the…
Test how well your Hybrid Working works with a Smart Working evaluation
Across the world organisations have been adopting various forms of ‘Hybrid Working’ – trying to combine employee aspirations for more choice over how they work with the more traditional structures…