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Thinkpieces on working life and workplace innovation

Provocative thoughts on working life and workplace innovation.......

08/01/2012 The Big Society

As the Coalition government’s big idea, the Big Society seems not to have generated a great deal of innovative thinking. An internet search reveals more about how third sector professionals are, understandably, seeking to reposition themselv MORE...

08/01/2012 Employee Engagement Without a Strategy

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17/06/2011 Lessons from Kaiser Permanente: Improving performance and engagement in healthcare

On 15th June 2011 representatives from Acas, the IPA, NHS Acute Trusts and PCTs, NHS Employers, Royal Colleges and Universities took part in a Workplace Innovation Workshop which focused on a question of MORE...

19/01/2010 Community Cohesion in the Classroom

This paper is based on a presentation given at the conference “Developing Community Cohesion in Schools”, at the Institution of Engineering and Technology, on 26th February 2008. It links to presentations given by June Bam-Hutchison an MORE...

19/01/2010 Reparation for the Past and Preparation for the Future:

In the context of innovation and regional development, increasing attention is being given to the level between individual companies and national governments. At this intermediary or meso level, we see networks and development coalitions, with div MORE...

19/01/2010 Academic Study and Working Life

Universities face new challenges in changed economic conditions. We consider current cases of universities in Norway, Sweden, Lithuania and the UK, and identify starting points for a new approach to learning. As universities are contracted to prov MORE...

UKWON Links

LAUNCHING WORKPLACE INNOVATION
Discover how UKWON's sister organisation can deliver practical support for change in your organisation. Visit workplaceinnovation.eu

RESILIENCE -
IN TIMES OF CHANGE

The Resilience website and Action Resource Kit (ARK) was created by a highly experienced team lead by the Confederation of British Industry and the UK Work Organisation Network. Read more...

FORUM THEATRE
Forum Theatre is an innovative and highly effective method for engaging employees at all levels in change. UKWON has its own forum theatre company, Partners@Work, established in 1998. Read more...

News and Events

WORK AND WORKPLACES IN 2020

Members of UKWON's Advisory Board are conducting an Inquiry into future trends in work and organisations, jointly hosted by the CBI and TUC.   Read more...

THE ENGAGEMENT NETWORK

Welcome to the Engagement Network, UKWON’s programme of free events which enables practitioners to share knowledge and experience of building an engaged workforce. Read more...