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There are many ways to get involved in climate action in the workplace. For example, we can develop recycling and stop brewing excess amounts of coffee. Climate change is already affecting working conditions – for instance, summer heatwaves can reduce work efficiency by as much as 75 per cent.
Do I travel by plane or train from Helsinki to Vaasa for work? Mitigating climate change at the individual level is not always difficult. In many cases, it is enough to think whether you could carry out each business trip and everyday chore a bit differently. Often you can. And often an alternative way of
Timo Pinomäki, Risk Management Director of the Construction Group, quickly discovers whether or not there is a culture of free discussion in a work community.
Janne Marjamaa, a technical work teacher, finds his work in upper secondary school inspiring, although changes in the job description cause uncertainty.
Do you want to share your thoughts and even the craziest ideas with your team? Do you feel like you are an important part of your work community and your involvement is essential? Congratulations, you probably work in a psychologically safe workplace.
The concept of psychological safety is relatively new in the Finnish Border Guard. Still, there is an increasing demand for open interaction in the work community today,” says Lieutenant Colonel Juha Kivelä.
The support and advice of the supervisor helped the cleaner Johanna Aho, especially at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, when uncertainty about her own safety and the safety of others weighed on her mind.
During the coronavirus pandemic, parish priest Pirkko Järvinen has met people through Teams and held services in an empty church, reaching the parishioners via radio.
During the coronavirus pandemic, a new way of thinking about safety has been created in the workplaces, which should continue also after the pandemic.
Jutta Karvonen, a specialist in workplace violence and a crisis supervisor, has supervised workplace violence management coaching processes in units in Päijät-Sote area (Päijät-Häme Joint Authority for Health and Wellbeing). The processes have begun to pay off: workplace violence has been reduced.
Digitalization is changing the role of people at work. Important metaskills are studied in innovative learning environments, such as the HyMy Village of Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.
Cyberskills, ethical behaviour, self-direction. These and other metaskills will be needed more than ever in work life in the future. Employers have to make sure that their employees keep up with the changes.