Hybrid Work: A Guide to Distributed Working in the 2020s
Event Information
About this event
- The 2020 pandemic triggered a mass pivot to remote working, as organisations sought to comply with social distancing measures and maintain business continuity
- Vaccination programmes are finally enabling organisations to consider a gradual return to office life
- Successive survey data shows that most people working within the ‘knowledge economy’ have no desire to return to the office full-time, preferring instead to embrace a blend of remote working and office-based activity. This is known as ‘hybrid working’
- With no blueprint available, organisations must create their own optimal hybrid work mix
- This interactive workshop provides a wider range of perspectives for consideration when approaching the post-lockdown ‘where’ of work
The workshop
This online workshop is for business and HR leaders seeking fresh perspectives for future operating dynamics.
It’s an alternative outlook - we believe the most successful organisations of the future will be highly customised and increasingly shapeshifting in nature. They'll need to be if they’re to successfully navigate complex and fast-paced market dynamics.
The session offers a set of thought-starters, encouraging a wider range of considerations when designing the ideal blend of office and remote work for your organisation.
This is for you if:
- Your organisation operates within the knowledge economy
- You're an ambitious business leader who’s recognised that the world of work is changing, and that there are significant opportunities to be had when hybrid work is approached in the right way
- You’re an HR leader who’s been tasked with figuring out how to prepare your organisation for both hybrid working and the wider ‘future of work’
- You recognise that hybrid working is the path forward, but aren’t sure how to get started
- You’re curious and want to explore a range of angles and perspectives
What you'll learn:
- The benefits of hybrid-working in the future of work
- The limitations of a top-down approach
- Why customisation improves productivity and performance
- How and where to get started
- How to design an approach that bakes in engagement and inclusion
- How analysis now will embed longer-term organisational resilience
About your facilitators:
Cat Barnard has a career in agile workforce planning spanning three decades. Her specialism is grounded in building high-performing distributed teams.
Pat Lodge combines his background in commercial strategy with 15 years’ trend analysis experience with a UK-based global trends consultancy. This allows in-depth assessment of the emergent trend landscape to identify socio-cultural shifts most likely to impact modern workplaces
Co-founders of Working the Future, their interest lies in the future of work and the adoption of new operating and organising models for commercial resilience in fast-paced and dynamic markets.
Organiser Working the Future
Organiser of Hybrid Work: A Guide to Distributed Working in the 2020s
We help business leaders make sense of the complex changes impacting the world of work, and reboot their organising strategies for enhanced business resilience and future-proofing.
Our commercial landscapes are in the midst of game-changing transformation. Globalisation, technology, shifts in consumer behaviour, changing employment models, evolving labour market demographics - multiple forces are forcing organisations to adopt workplace and workforce agility for longer term survival.
Running a successful business in the 21st Century requires upgraded thinking and approaches; conventional organising models are no longer fit for purpose.
We analyse emergent work trends to provide market and business intelligence to UK business leaders. Applying foresight focus, we work with ambitious UK SME and mid-tier organisations to create 21st Century workforce strategies that enable commercial agility and resilience.
