Culture
Why too many meetings could damage real connection at work
Company leaders are demanding more office time for employees but doing nothing to stop a damaging proliferation of pointless meetings. Will redefining ‘presence’ fix this culture problem?
Will landmark legal case tilt balance toward a return to the office?
A British employment tribunal has ruled that there are ‘weaknesses with remote working ’ – but that doesn’t necessarily mean full-time office working is back on the horizon
Impact of obesity on workplace productivity leads to call for change
Our work and food systems are creating a generation of overweight workers with damaging implications for UK health and productivity, according to a new report
Unworking conference looks at how to elevate employee experience
Improving staff wellbeing starts with creating a brain-friendly environment, says Sean Tolram of HSBC, one of a number of expert speakers at WORKTECH’s Unworking conference in London
New social performance phase launched for Fitwel certification scheme
Healthy building certification platform Fitwel has launched phase two of its assessment solution that quantifies social performance of buildings
One year on: four-day working week pilot in UK proves a success
Nine out of ten of the organisations that participated in the UK’s largest ever pilot of the four-day working week have retained the policy one year on, according to new research
Touchstone of trust: are you confident your CEO is honest?
A quarter of employees don’t trust their company leaders to be transparent and less than half think they listen. Why trust will be a make-or-break issue in 2024
Review of 2023: the struggle to make hybrid working happen
The big future-of-work story of 2023 was the move to adopt hybrid working across a variety of business sectors. Here we recall some of WORKTECH Academy’s key stories on an unfolding drama
