Free Videos! Improve Workplace Productivity & Employee Engagement

Job quality matters – building workplace wellbeing and engagement into the new normal

In this video, Dr Helen Fitzhugh, Professor Colin Lindsay and Professor Kevin Daniels share insights on how organisations can build wellbeing and engagement into the new normal for businesses. Kevin and Colin discuss how focussing on job quality can help businesses and workers be ready to tackle new challenges, even in a crisis. They offer […]

Job quality matters – building workplace wellbeing and engagement into the new normal Read More »

How can standards address the UK productivity problem?

Boosting innovation

The UK has multiple productivity problems. It has lower productivity than many of its major competitors and regional differences in productivity persist. PrOPEL Hub Partners Professor Richard Kneller and Dr Cher Li are conducting research into issues of productivity and the use of standards. In this presentation given at the 2020 British Standards Institute Conference,

How can standards address the UK productivity problem? Read More »

What does productivity mean for creative entrepreneurs?

Boosting innovation

Punch: Punch is a Birmingham based music and arts agency that is committed to working with Black Music, Arts and Culture through tours, festivals, international projects and development programmes for young people. What does productivity mean for micro-businesses in the creative sector? Is it being good with time, creating, delivering, improving or learning? This video

What does productivity mean for creative entrepreneurs? Read More »

Progressive and Creative Practice for Workplace Innovation – Insight into an Employer Event

Boosting innovation, Engaging employees

This short video gives an insight into the type of interactive, engaging events that the PrOPEL Hub will run for businesses across the UK. This video was recorded at an event in 2016 ‘Progressive and Creative Practice for Workplace Innovation’ – as you can see, there is a focus on bringing people from different businesses

Progressive and Creative Practice for Workplace Innovation – Insight into an Employer Event Read More »

Why Workplace Innovation Matters

Boosting innovation

Workplace innovation is about putting people at the centre of efforts to resolve real business problems, empowering employees to come up with solutions that improve businesses for everyone involved. The Scottish Centre for Employment Research (based at Strathclyde University) is a leading authority in this area and has played an important role in promoting workplace

Why Workplace Innovation Matters Read More »

Disability Talking: A Short Film About the Experiences of Disabled Workers

Supporting diversity

Disability Talking is a short film produced by Professor Melanie Jones and Professor Victoria Wass at Cardiff University which draws upon the experiences of four workers who describe the barriers that they encountered at the workplace and the support that was available to them to address these barriers. The film has been produced as part

Disability Talking: A Short Film About the Experiences of Disabled Workers Read More »

Is your job good or bad?

Improving wellbeing

Have you ever wondered how much better or worse it is than other people’s jobs? Visit www.howgoodismyjob.com to find out. By completing this quiz developed by Professor Alan Felstead, our PrOPEL Hub partner at Cardiff University, you will be able to see how your job compares to those in similar jobs to yours as well

Is your job good or bad? Read More »

Unemployment and wellbeing: what is the evidence?

Improving wellbeing

Professor Sara Connolly talks about the negative effects of unemployment on people who lose their jobs and on their families. She uses evidence from a systematic review carried out by the UEA-led Work and Learning programme of the What Works Centre for Wellbeing. Sara describes how unemployment is damaging for the wellbeing of all, but

Unemployment and wellbeing: what is the evidence? Read More »

What is a good quality job?

Improving wellbeing

In this 3-minute video, Professor Kevin Daniels outlines the features of good quality work, such as security of employment, safe working conditions, reasonable and clearly defined work demands, some variety and autonomy in the work, supportive managers and good feedback. He then offers both good and bad news from the British Skills and Employment survey

What is a good quality job? Read More »