Job Design Lab
What is the challenge?
We are all entering a period of huge uncertainty in the workplace. Developments in areas such as artificial intelligence, the green economy and organisational design are resulting in a fundamental shift to the way we will work. Many businesses say they feel unprepared for the future of work. This creates mounting anxiety and questions within the workforce and leads to stress that is bad for engagement, health and wellbeing, attrition and productivity.
Most people want to embrace change and explore opportunities to work in new ways but few feel well informed about what the future might hold. Fewer still have opportunities for creative conversations about what the future could look like and how they might situate themselves in it.
Change and uncertainty are not going away, so workforces need to be enabled to manage uncertainty by acting together. Our response to this need is the creation of the Job Design Lab - a unique learning programme that leaves the workforce better prepared for managing this period of uncertainty and change.
What is the Job Design Lab?
The Job Design Lab (JDL) is a transformative programme that readies teams for the future of work, converting anxiety into optimism by instilling a proactive mindset in participants and leaving them prepared to embrace new skills and ways of working.
The programme consists of four half-day facilitated workshops, where we use immersive and creative approaches to help teams step into the future together to better understand emerging future work trends and opportunities, and to bring actionable suggestions back into their current work.
The Job Design Lab isn't about predicting the future; it’s about proactively shaping it to your advantage.
Designed to work across different levels and departments, from leadership and HR teams to frontline workers, teams leave JDL with a sense of shared optimism, looking forward to setting off on a journey into a future they want to be a part of.
What does the Job Design Lab provide?
Expert insight into emerging future work trends, skills and competencies
A chance to learn about and try out new technologies
A safe and neutral space allowing for conversations often too difficult to have within the workplace, hosted by skilled facilitators
A way to bridge the gaps between front line workers, HR and leadership, generating valuable insights for employers on emerging concerns and opportunities
Employee exposure to creative methods that help develop valuable future work skills relevant to all industries - such as collaborative working, flexibility and problem-solving.
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