This extract captures recent research findings from Veronica Hope Hailey, Professor Emeritus of Management Studies, University of Bath. It forms part of the Healthy Work Project, scheduled to launch in early 2021.

In this article, published by Reading University, Loughlin Hickey argues that business must recognise its interdependence with the society in which it operates and its responsibility for the wellbeing of the people impacted by its activity.

In this virtual debate hosted by the Journal of Research in Nursing, Buurtzorg founder Jos de Blok and colleagues opposed the proposition that loss of wellbeing is a natural facet of nursing work and that though the systemic and organisational environments in which nurses work is failing to enable them to replenish emotionally and psychologically, it need not be so.

This report from the team at Nyby collates the work they have been doing to support innovation in response to the pandemic using new technologies to mobilise citizens and reduce workloads for healthcare staff.

This presentation was kindly given by Indy Johar, Co-Founder, 00 and Dark Matter Laboratories at the recent Public Health: In The Right Place? working group session in partnership with Assura plc.Indy shares the strategic argument for a shift towards a well-being focused health care system as we operate in a new age of long emergencies.

After approximately 78,000 consultations with university students, Dominique Thompson has set up her own consultancy, supporting universities and other organizations to improve their student support and address the impact modern society may be having upon the mental health of students - in an age when even baking a cake has become competative. She shares her insights in this TEDx talk.Dominique is an award-winning GP, and former Director of the University of Bristol Students' Health Service.

In this report from the TUC young workers’ experiences of third-party harassment are shared along with recommendations for Government, Employers and Trade Unions.

Next week sees the first in the new season of the Ahead of the Curves discussion groups, convened by Jericho Chambers on behalf of Stifel Europe. Having explored the Future of the Professions in 2019 and the ethics and social (in)justices of Big Tech. in the past twelve months, we are now set to consider the “double wicked challenge” of Brexit and the post-COVID recovery.

This article from The World Economic Forum COVID Action Platform discusses the top skills that employers believe will gain prominence over the next five years; newly emerging critical skills and how many of us will need to reskill by 2025.

This update from Locality shares the findings from the National Commission on the Future of Localism. Established in 2017, in partnership with Power to Change, it was set up to reinvigorate the localism agenda and help communities take advantage of their rights.

This blog, by Dark Matter Laboratories, is part of a partnership exploring practical tools for a new type of organising with the purpose of creating ‘public good’