Is flexible working the pair of jeans of the management world?

By Facio UK - Facilitating Innovation and Opportunity
Apr 10, 2018

Like the world of fashion, innovative work methods, HR trends and management interventions are subject to trends; hip and happening for a time, before quickly falling out of style. However, one particular hype appears to have made a lasting impression; flexible working. What does flexible working mean? For decades, a lot of [...]

WHITE PAPER: The effect of light on performance

By Facio UK - Facilitating Innovation and Opportunity
Mar 07, 2018

The parallels between astronauts and office workers In this article we explore the effect of light on performance. It is widely known that light has an effect on our wellbeing. In general, north Europeans suffer more from afflictions such as winter depression than central Europeans do. This disparity is explained by the number of daylight hours; [...]

Interventions for workplace vitality; a comparison

By Facio UK - Facilitating Innovation and Opportunity
Feb 07, 2018

Workplace Vitality helps employees to be more active Modern technology lends itself to us spending a large part of the day sitting down. We have cars, laptops, home delivery services and Netflix; little physical activity is required on an average weekday - so how can we encourage workplace vitality? Many medical and psychological [...]

Make 2018 the year of the HEALTHY workplace

By Facio UK - Facilitating Innovation and Opportunity
Jan 08, 2018

Adopt a healthier lifestyle, exercise more, save money, contribute to a cleaner environment… Many of us are good at setting goals, but actually achieving them remains a challenge when achieving a health workplace. Where do we go wrong? And, in specific terms, what can we do about it? People are physiologically and [...]