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Reconsider how you Hybrid ...... Francis Lake of Green Juniper, chats with John O'Sullivan at Ten2Two

25m · Talking SME with Ten2Two … eavesdropping on the experts · 13 Feb 12:00

Francis Lake, Founder of Green Juniper, talks about changing attitudes to hybrid working, his experience developing innovative working practices, and why one popular hybrid policy is an ill-fitting suit.

Francis has a long career in organisation and people development.  He’s got a track record in deploying groundbreaking practice, winning awards for performance and purpose.  His work on post-covid working has been the subject of a Gartner case study, and he’s a frequent speaker at conferences on subjects including future of work, purpose, culture and performance.  He established his new consultancy, Green Juniper last year to be able to help more companies have brilliant people practices.

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