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Teams and innovation

Allowing teams of employees to work collaboratively and with a high degree of autonomy has consistently been found by our research to be a driver of effective workforces.

Now, also drawing on more than a decade of work on effective teamwork by Professor Mike West and his team at Lancaster University, The Work Foundation will examine the changing nature of teamwork as open innovation changes roles, structures and processes of work organisation, answering these key questions:

How can organisations instil a robust culture of innovation through more effective teamworking that strengthens the organisation’s innovation ecosystem?
How does organisational culture need to change in order to support intrapreneurship?

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Related Events

Realising the Value of "Open Innovation"
This session will provide an introduction to the process of open innovation.

Wed, 17 October 2012
09:00 - 11:00

Leading people for innovation – technology, talent and teamworking
This event brought together a forward thinking group of business leaders from our network. We asked them to offer their insights on the idea of "open innovation" and introduced this new employer-led and solutions-focussed programme.

Thu, 23 February 2012
09:00 - 11:00

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Innovation achieves success
Innovation is at the heart of our culture at Allianz Insurance because it makes a significant contribution to growing and developing our business.

Andrew Torrance, CEO, Allianz Insurance
30 October 2012

How to make the NHS a model for staff health and wellbeing
Over 10 million working days are lost each year in the NHS because members of staff are unwell, equivalent to 14,500 staff. So the news, released last week, that days lost to absenteeism in the NHS came down by 390,000 last year is welcome.

Professor Mike West
31 July 2012

How can we reduce stress in the classroom and support our teachers?
How can we reduce stress in the classroom and support our teachers? The wellbeing of teachers in the workplace is a serious issue, as our recent study indicates, and it is coming under increasing scrutiny. To help us tackle this issue, we at the Teacher Support Network (TSN) have teamed up with The Work Foundation to conduct a national review on the wellbeing of the education workforce. Teachers from across England are currently advising us on the design of the review, which will explore how wellbeing can be enhanced to improve pupil outcomes.

Julian Stanley, Group Chief Executive at TSN
18 July 2012