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Our archive of project updates, articles and opinion pieces by our partners about the Future of Work, Technology and their individual work experiences and passions.
The Horse has bolted and the stable door is still open!
As I write this, the Government are commencing a campaign to encourage workers back to the office, as a result of the lockdown and measures taken during this pandemic. Employers will be asked to encourage and reassure their staff that is safe to return by highlighting...
In Data we Trust?
I recall reading a few years ago a story in a brilliant book (Weapons of Maths Destruction - Cathy O’Neil) . The story went something like this. In 2007 Washington DC, has a new Mayor who had determined that the city’s schools were under performing, and needed turning...
It’s not all sweat, tears and lycra
We have heard this week that the Government has finally decided to implement policy to reduce the consumption of what is colloquially called 'junk food'. Now being considered as a key contributor to the rise in obesity in our communities, the consequence of longer...
Creating an agile, sustainable Post-Covid Smart Society
The past few weeks have been challenging for all of us, I'm sure, and the next months potentially pose even greater challenges as efforts focus on re-starting the economy, including our town centres. Nobody knows quite how we will re-emerge - what this 'new normal'...
A t-shirt does not a Wonder Woman make!
I thought my Wonder Woman T shirt was a great purchase and I could hide it under my uniform, but after I was diagnosed with PTSD I realised she was no more than a silver screen fantasy. We are all human, with real emotions and limits and nobody knows what lies around...
“All work and no play, makes for…“
A rather glib title to what I believe is an important conversation, and one that the current pandemic has very much brought forward and highlighted what I would describe as a revolution to how we approach the world of work. I have already described in a previous...
The benefits of doing things differently
Where we’ve come from At Ethos we have been on a journey that we often refer to as an ongoing experiment into the Future of Work. We’ve been travelling for 20 years and practising hard for the last 10. There is no doubt that we have learned a lot. We’ve experienced...
Themes
Ethos is a worker owned cooperative. Our partners are motivated more by creating social value than just working for money alone. So it's probably worth defining what we mean by social value. We like this definition: Social Value is a measure of the importance that...
A Journey to Work Live Well
As I write this I am starting the third week at home under restrictions, and as well as working on line , and engaging in Telephone Conferences through various online mediums , it has also provided the opportunity to … think , pause and consider the consequences and...
TeamPolice – new events announced
TeamPolice is the new public facing brand to enable Wellbeing through sport and physical activity for 300,000 members of the police in the UK. Download the A5 flyer here. On behalf of the Chair of Police Sport UK, Chief Constable Matt Jukes, TeamPolice would like to...
Rob Pye appointed to Skills Advisory Panel for the Coast to Capital LEP
Co-founder and CEO of Ethos Rob Pye has joined the Skills Board of a key Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) in the South East. Along with other leaders from local business, education, and government this new Board will provide direction and strategic support for the...
Social Impact Bonds. A step in the right direction?
Someone suggested that I write a brief explanation of social impact bonds before I expand on the main story which looks at how SIBs have the possibility to drive system change. The first paragraph below explains “payments by results”(PBR). The second Social Impact...
BuildForce announces new partnership with The Royal Foundation
BuildForce, set up in 2016 to help the ex-military community into construction careers, is delighted to report they will now be working in partnership with The Royal Foundation, the primary charitable vehicle of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and The Duke and...
BuildForce celebrates 100th job start
Ethos, project delivery partner, are delighted to announce that the hugely successful ex-forces career transition programme, BuildForce, has placed its 100th job seeker. Nick Channer OBE has taken a position at security and logistics firm Wilson James, a founding...