Research from NHS Employers and agiLab points to a trend called "work indifference," where employees feel completely checked out and emotionally disconnected from their jobs. It's often a late-stage warning sign of burnout, especially in agile work settings, and it hits people who highly value their work identity the hardest. Because of this, managers need to notice when someone is disengaging and step in with genuine support. 📖 Read the full report "Work indifference: a sig

On 23 June, agilab's director, Dr Emma Russell was invited to attend the Industry and Parliament Trust Evolving Workplaces: Adapting to Hybrid Work event at the Palace of Westminster on 23 June. Emma spoke about her work with agilab on how managerial mindsets can impact the implementation of hybrid working policies in organisations.

Flexible working policy is not the same as flexible working practice. That's the core message from Dr Emma Russell (Director of agilab, University of Sussex) and Sam Owen (NHS Employers; agilab steering committee member), drawing on five years of NHS research. The finding: statutory rights (the UK's nine types of flexible working) too often get applied as a rigid, one-off contractual change — ironically inflexible in itself. What actually determines whether flexibility works