Flexibility's Partners
Who are they and why are they
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Flexibility
is a collaborative not-for-profit venture run by three companies
specialising in flexible work, HOP Associates, Basis, Swiftwork and
Peoplespace.
We are also joined by
partners who sponsor particular events and publications.
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Basis delivers improvements in outcomes and
performance across the wider public sector. Since our
formation in 1993 we have worked collaboratively with most
central government departments, many executive agencies,
local government and the health sector to realise
significant tangible cost savings, achieve improvements in
business delivery and develop sustainable capabilities.
Basis has developed and applied proven, innovative and
creative methods for implementing new, smarter ways of
working which deliver sustainable benefits for stakeholders
and staff and significant cost savings for our clients. Our
work has been featured in the Treasury exemplar case studies
of best smart working practice “Without Walls” and “Beyond
Walls”. Because our work is business-led, team centric and
benefits driven, our clients have been able to reduce
significantly accommodation and estate costs whilst at the
same time:
- enhance work space fitness for purpose,
- improve business performance, responsiveness and
continuity, and
- transform work-life balance for staff.
Our preference is to work closely with our clients to
maximise transfer of skills and understanding. We are able
to provide training in our smart working methods to enable
you to implement new working practices for yourselves with
minimum support.
Our multi-disciplined team of change managers, programme
and project managers, business analysts, occupational
psychologists and HR specialists ensure that:
- the “people issues” (which can so often lead to
disappointment and failure) are addressed at the outset
and throughout the analysis, design and implementation
phases; and
- the “enablers” (i.e. Estates, ICT/IM, HR and
business managers) work cohesively together to deliver a
congruent implementation programme.
Most recently, Basis has been developing and installing a
resource optimisation toolkit to support smarter working
practices by enabling our public sector clients to
prioritise their work and identify potential savings whilst
ensuring delivery is in direct alignment with organisational
aims and stakeholders’ desired outcomes |
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HOP
Associates, formerly publisher of Flexibility, is a consulting
firm specialising in all aspects of "working in the
information age". In particular HOP unites the
facilities, technology and human resource agendas of its
clients around a shared vision of business transformation
through technology and new ways of working. HOP has
invested in a number of IT-based tools to facilitate the
business justification of radical change programmes. |
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SwiftWork
is a specialist adviser in new ways
of working, particularly flexible working, homeworking,
remote and mobile working.
We provide:
- A bespoke change management service to create a
flexible culture and manage new ways of working
- Direct or online e-learning training for managers
and employees in managing flexible, mobile and remote or
home working
- Employee consultation and communications programmes
Swiftwork were suppliers to the DTI Work-Life Balance
Challenge Fund and some of our projects have been
selected as best practice case studies. For Project
Nomad, the ODPM National Project for Mobile Working in
Local Government, we were commissioned to provide all
the HR, Management issues, Health and Safety and
Financial issues resources
A number of Swiftwork clients have won awards as a
direct result of applying our interventions and
methodology. For example, Scottish Legal Aid Board won
an Innovation Award and was winner of the LloydsTSB
Scottish Employer of the year Award in 2005. Another
client, North Ayrshire Council was one of three
finalists in 2003. Wirral Social Services moved from
‘special measures’ to ‘Beacon Status’. In 2006,
Wrigley won a training award from the National Skills
Council for it’s flexible working and personal
effectiveness programme, developed by Swiftwork. |
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Peoplespace is a specialist
workplace design consultancy, providing support and
leadership for the creation of working environments that
promote and assist the full benefits of flexible working.
A strong business case for new ways of working is
offered, through integrated work environment design and
worklife/workstyle strategies, delivering significant
property cost savings at the same time as improving
efficiencies and productivity.
With a unique approach Peoplespace makes space and cost
saving opportunities available to office areas of all sizes
(even for the most traditional work styles).
Services and advice includes feasibility studies, space
planning, property restack strategy, interior design,
furniture specification, budget and business case
preparation and project leadership.
Peoplespace also connect with the
Worklife Centre, which is a showroom and a provider of
the physical tools required to support new ways of working,
including furniture and technology. |
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The Flexibility/Smart Work Network Team
receiving the 2009 eWellbeing award for Better Working
Practices. Left to right: Halbyn Rich, Caroline Oldham, Andy Lake,
Lynette Swift, Bob Crichton.
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Contact |
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Flexibility is published by:
Flexibility Ltd
36 Wayside Crescent
Hampton Vale
Peterborough
PE7 8HX
Tel:
+44 1223 304792 |
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