Unbound Working

Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns, updates to employment legislation, persistent skills shortages, increased health and wellbeing issues and rising rates of worklessness have all contributed to a recent surge of interest into the way work is organised. We have seen a proliferation of research to explore new ways of working e.g. the four-day week, hybrid models, flexible working for people with health conditions and flexible working in frontline and site-based roles.

As existing terms, such as flexible working, agile working, work autonomy, job design, work life balance, etc. often seem to miss the mark when describing the change that is required in how much we work, where we work, when we work and how we work, other terms are beginning to come into parlance.

Event summary

The unbound working webinar presents the findings from the HR Network’s 2024 research project. The webinar will explore what ‘unbound working’ is and the business benefits of adopting this and similar approaches to increasing worker autonomy on where, when and how they work. We will share findings on the pitfalls and, drawing from case study examples, provide some suggested ways forward for implementing the approach.

Topics we will cover

Defining ‘unbound working’
Spectrum of ‘unbound working’
Benefits and risks of ‘unbound working’
How to apply ‘unbound working’

How will participants/delegates benefit from attending?

HR and equality, diversity and inclusion leaders will develop a better understanding of autonomy and flexibility in job design, explore what is possible, and how to identify and manage related risks.

Agenda outline

09:30 Intro and welcome
09:35 Defining ‘unbound working’
09:40 Spectrum of ‘unbound working’
09:45 Group discussions: Which ways of working are fixed or unbound for different roles within your organisation? Where are you starting from? What is possible? What are your employees telling you?
10:00 Feedback from groups
10:05 Benefits and risks of ‘unbound working’
10:10 Introducing discussion: How to apply ‘unbound working’
10:15 Open discussion: How to apply ‘unbound working’
10:25 Reflections on discussion and conclusions/recommendations
10:30 Close

Reserving your place

This is an exclusive webinar for HR Network members, please email HRnetwork@employment-studies.co.uk to secure your place as soon as possible.