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Interesting article in the Guardian on Saturday 14 February by Julia Hobsbawm arguing that traditional nine-to-five working practices won’t dig us out of this deep recession. She says it is time to embrace a new ‘-ism’ that she coins ‘flexibilism’ in the workplace.
“Britain remains a laggard in the league table of productivity,” she writes. “Corporate Britain has known for nearly a decade about the benefits of flexible working. Five years ago the Work Foundation published a study, Productivity, Performance & People, which concluded that a motivated workforce working flexibly to suit employee and employer alike would deliver more for Britain’s businesses than a century of old-style, rigid hours.”
She has a book out, The See-Saw: 100 Ideas for Work Life Balance, Atlantic Books, £6.99.