New operation models to face uncertainty in work and to strengthen work communities' and experts’ resilience are developed in this project.
The global COVID-19 virus has made it more concrete how unpredictable the future is. In working life unpredictability and uncertainty weaken the sense of control and depending on the individual, decrease well-being at work. At the same time, the climate crisis should be considered also in workplaces. Due to constant changes, there is a growing need for the ability to act in times of uncertainty and to understand the complex nature of society. Especially in knowledge work, complex nature is one characteristic of the work. Furthermore, the superiors of experts are in challenging situations from many angles. Self-managing and team-managing skills are necessary. At the organizational level, new ways to co-operate are needed to characterize the bigger picture at times of continuous changes and to find different approaches and solutions for interaction.
The project's aim is to strengthen organizations' renewability and knowledge workers’ resilience and adaptability in working life change situations by assimilating new trust-building, interactive and futures-oriented ways of operating. In addition, actions against climate change are discussed. The target groups of the project are independent knowledge workers (entrepreneurs and employees) and SMEs and supporting organizations in the several fields of knowledge work. In the project, the resilience of companies is strengthened and new ways to interact are supported by forming a Living lab for development and testing and using user-oriented and experimental learning and developing methods.
The resilience of knowledge workers and superiors, as well as self-managing skills and ability to act in times of uncertainly, are supported by organizing a training program. The preliminary contents of the training program are futures thinking and futures literacy, an awareness of complexity and resilience developing. Previous developing projects and research have shown that simulation-based learning includes elements that enable organizations to regenerate. In this project, simulation learning, as well as Service design and tools of futures research, are utilized as collaborative and experimental methods.
As a result of the project, participants' skills to navigate in changes and construct sustainable working life are strengthened. The companies have better opportunities to take collaborative and agile development into action and to strengthen resilience.
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