TIME CONTROL: a flexible working future
In this episode
In the last year we've seen huge, unplanned changes in how lots of people go about their jobs. We’re asking what it means for the future of flexible working. Jane Van Zyl from Working Families talks about how to give people more control over where, when and how much they work. Karen Mattison from Timewise explains why it makes sense for employers. Then Eero Vaara tells us what we can learn from Finland's flexible working culture.
Plus chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on cold water swimming, mindful eating and how to look after our guts.
Guests
Jane Van Zyl (@VanzylJane), chief executive of Working Families
Karen Mattison (@KarenMattison), co-founder of Timewise
Eero Vaara (@EeroVaara), professor of organisation & impact at Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (@HughFW), chef and author
More info
Flexible working in the UK
Working Families: Flexistability: Building back better for working families (Nov 2020)
Working Families: Weathering the storm: Covid-19 and working parents (April 2020)
FT: How to make flexible jobs work (Jan 2021)
Wired: The pandemic is giving people what they want: flexible working (Sep 2020)
Timewise: Flexible Jobs Index 2020 (Dec 2020)
Guardian: Interview with Karen Mattison MBE, joint chief executive of Timewise (2015)
CIPD: UK Working Lives 2019 survey: Summary report (June 2019)
TUC: Everyone deserves the right to work flexibly - it's time for Flex for All (Sep 2019)
Flexible Working in Finland
BBC: Why Finland leads the world in flexible work (Dec 2019)
Finnish Government: New Working Time Act in a nutshell (Jan 2020)