3rd edition of the Smart Working Handbook to be launched
Join us for the launch of the 3rd edition of the Smart Working Handbook in London on December 5th. The Smart Working Handbook is the authoritative summary guide to implementing a…
Building our Smart Working Bookshelf – best reads
Here's our selection of the best reads relating to Smart Working and the changes needed to working practices and culture, property and technology, with some insights too into the future…
Smart Work Network – in-person meeting at Government Hub, Birmingham
We're delighted to announce that the Smart Work Network will hold it's first in-person meeting since 2019!. It is being hosted by the UK Government Property Agency, at the new…
Workplace Trends Conference: The Office as Desired Destination
The Workplace Trends autumn conference in October 2023 takes as its theme "The Office as a Desired Destination". What is the role of the office in the future of work?…
Making Hybrid Working work – and work smarter
The November session of the Network looked at the ways organisations are adapting to new ways of working. We explored the key questions of how to know what settings are…
Design for a better work experience for individuals
In this guest post Mark Catchlove, Leader of MillerKnoll's Insight Group, reflects on the new realities for the workplace, and the need to focus on supporting choice, flexibility and adaptability…
Be a Smart Working Productivity Ninja
Annie Leeson, CEO of AgriCarbon and co-founder of Leesman Index, talks to Philip Vanhoutte about her use of time and place to maximise flexibility, productivity and wellbeing. Annie is an…
Why we need a 4-Day Week: Interview with Andrew Barnes
The prospect of a 4-day week has been in the news recently, with companies and governments adopting or exploring the concept. The pandemic has also prompted reflection on how, where…
Workplace efficiency and a sense of belonging at Grupa Żywiec/Heineken
The experience of Covid and the aspiration of employees to have more control over where and when they work has led to a complete rethinking of the workplace at Grupa…
Walk Your Meeting – Why you need to get out more for productivity, health and wellbeing!
Humans are not designed to spend all their time indoors. And especially we’re not well-designed for spending most of the time sitting down. So it makes sense to get out…
The art and science of humanising the office
The current moment offers great opportunities for rethinking the workplace, as well as rethinking how we work overall. If offices are to be part of the mix, what can be…
Does working from home lead to more productivity, work intensification, both or neither?
There has been a succession of surveys during the pandemic showing that people working from home are more productive than when they work in an office. Or at least, feel…
Going Remote-First at Cimpress and Vista
One organisation that has adopted a very proactive approach to the opportunities from remote working is Cimpress. Cimpress is the parent company of a dozen international companies, the best known…
Catch-up: Watch our July 2021 European Open Meeting
Creating smart, sustainable and healthy workplaces, using the new ISO standard for acoustic excellence in open-plan environments, and new communications formats for live events were the topics for our July…
Catchup: Spotlight on Smart Working Leadership
New ways of working require new approaches to leadership – and that was the focus of our September 30th open meeting of the European Smart Work Network. Our great international…
Smart Working Changemakers Workshop at DCMS
Smart Working Culture Change – Changemakers at DCMS
(Updated 24/7/21) How do you embed the culture and behaviour change needed to make a success of Smart Working? The very successful Changemakers programme at the UK Department for Digital,…
European Smart Work Network 29 July 2021
Creating smart, sustainable and healthy workplaces, using the new ISO standard for acoustic excellence in open-plan environments, and new communications formats for live events are the topics for our July…
ABW and the extended workplace
Activity-Based Working and the Future of Smart Working
Our Open Session for both Members and Non-Members on May 27th 2021 examined what Activity-Based Working (ABW) is and its central contribution to smarter and more agile ways of working.…
Virtual Reality at KLM – the future of smarter collaboration?
The March 2021 session of the European Smart Work Network included a fascinating case study presented by Henk Smeenk, Concept Owner Hybrid Workplace at KLM. According to Henk, the VR…
Philip Vanhoutte in conversation with Tim Oldman
Leesman, Michelin, Coconat – our February meeting
The focus in our February European Smart Work Network session was on how work is experienced and supported in the new world of work, and looking at best practice and…
Challenges for Remote Working – Leadership, Customers and Home Workplaces
European Smart Work Network virtual meeting, 28 January 2021 January’s European Smart Work Network open meeting focused on 3 areas central to the new world of work: leadership, virtual customer interactions,…
“Hybrid Working” and “The New Normal” – don’t forget the transformation!
Andy Lake challenges the lack of ambition implicit in these new descriptions of working post-pandemic. And we need to rethink what “remote working” means if we are to maximise the…
Launch of the European Smart Work Network – 24 November
The European Smart Work Network was officially launched with an inaugural event on 24 November. The Network is a community of practice for people actively involved in implementing Smart Working…
Time to get strategic with Smart Working
The pandemic has accelerated trends to work remotely, and surveys show that a large number of organisations are planning to let their employees work from home on a continuing basis.…
Rethinking The Workplace
The coronavirus pandemic has seen a massive increase in working from home. Yet ‘return to work’ is almost entirely seen as being about how to (re)design the traditional workplace to…
Why do we need the Smart Work Network?
There has been an upsurge in interest in smarter ways of working – in particular remote working – during the pandemic. But for many organisations, the response has been reactive…