Work has moved from the cow to the computer, but many workplaces still favour early risers and an industrial age view of productivity. The first step is to become aware of the norms, stereotypes and beliefs that shape how we think about work, work culture and work-life balance. Today, 90% of a company’s value is intangible. The value of today’s companies lies in ideas, services, innovations, concepts and more. In other words, work, which since the industrial age has become increasingly independent of where and when we work. Super Navigators supports companies in giving their employees more freedom to organise the hours of the day in a way that supports not only our natural, innate circadian rhythms, but also the different work and family patterns that support our health, social contribution and happiness. We call it Life Navigation.
The Life Navigation concept:
– Creates a Great Place to Work.
– Attracts talents. Talents demand flexibility.
– Unleashes employee engagement in your organisation.
– Improves Work-Life Balance satisfaction. Autonomy over time is key.
Step 1 - Life Navigation Kick-off
The Life Navigation journey begins with a kick-off meeting of 1-2 hours. The CEO and HR set the scene by telling all employees why the management team has decided to implement Life Navigation. Then the founder of Super Navigators, Camilla Kring, gives a keynote speech about the philosophy of Life Navigation, the history of work from the agrarian society to the knowledge society and why we need to free ourselves from the inner farmer and unlock the industrial clocks.
Step 2 - Life Navigation Programme (5×1,5 hours)
The Life Navigation training programme consists of five sessions, 1,5 hours per session and up to six employees per session. It provides employees with four concrete tools about time, goals, energy and space – each of which can significantly improve their productivity and quality of life:
Session 1: The Timekeeper – take control of your time
Session 2: The Pilot – set direction in your life
Session 3: The Conductor – discover your biological rhythm
Session 4: The Space Creator – choose the right surroundings
Session 5: The Super Navigator – to live is to navigate
During the Life Navigation programme, employees are given the opportunity to design their own schedule and work location. It’s hard to change without broad social acceptance, so the Life Navigation programme is a collective journey to develop individual work-life designs. Life Navigation creates a sustainable work culture and a new language about how we can best work together using our individual strengths and differences.
Step 3 - Build flexibility into the culture and structure of the organisation.
All employees are empowered to come up with ideas to implement Life Navigation in the culture and structure of the organisation. The ideas are collected in the fifth session of the Life Navigation programme. The purpose of this exercise is to ensure that a flexible working culture is embedded in the organisation’s HR policy, email culture, meeting culture and workplace branding. All the ideas are presented to the management team, who decide which ones to implement in the organisation.
