S10 03: Making Flexibility Fairer with Claire Campbell
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How can we ensure that flexibility in the workplace is accessible and fair for everyone? This week, I am thrilled to dive into an enlightening conversation with Claire Campbell, Chief Executive of the award-winning social enterprise Timewise. We explore the pressing issue of making flexible working arrangements more equitable in our post-pandemic world.
We also discuss how Claire and Timewise are driving positive change by:
⭐️ Exploring innovative solutions such as AI software to create intelligent rosters that consider staff preferences and skills.
⭐️ Highlighting the differences in access to flexibility between office-based, site-based, and shift-based roles.
⭐️ Implementing fairer flexible working practices across various industries, from the NHS to construction and retail.
Claire shares insightful strategies and real-world examples, such as the impact of team-based rostering in the NHS and job-done, knock-off approaches in construction. She also explains the importance of manager support and peer-to-peer learning in fostering a culture that values flexible working. Listen now for some great stories, practical examples, and actionable insights into making flexibility fairer for all employees.
About Claire Campbell
Claire Campbell is a flexible working and job design expert and Chief Executive of social enterprise Timewise. Over the past few years, Claire has worked extensively with local authorities and the NHS, as well as a wide range of private sector and frontline organisations. She has overseen many of Timewise’s larger consultancy projects and innovation programmes and believes that there are ways of improving flexibility and choice in every role.
A former Senior Civil Servant, Claire was an HR Director in two Govt departments where she led on resourcing and talent. She has also previously worked as Director of HR Research and Consulting at the Institute for Employment Studies. She is passionate about using job design to create fairer, healthier and more flexible organisations. Claire has a Masters in Occupational Psychology and is a Fellow of the CIPD.
Email: [email protected]
X/Twitter: @clairecampbellj
About Timewise
Timewise is an award-winning, social enterprise and leading expert on flexible working and job design. Over the last 18 years we have worked with many of the UK’s leading employers to improve their approach to flexible working, and with industry bodies and policy makers to undertake research, campaigns and innovative programmes to drive wider change.
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