Creativity Greenhouse: Digital Brain Switch
Lead Research Organisation:
Lancaster University
Department Name: Computing & Communications
Abstract
The rise in the use of digital technologies challenges work life boundaries, particularly as individuals increasingly work from a range of locations, experience frequent interruptions and feel required to 'stay connected' through multiple communication channels. The central research question to be explored in this project is: How do modern communications affect our ability to manage transitions across work life boundaries? This will help us to understand whether technology supports the management of more flexible transitions, creating more permeable boundaries and a less segmented persona, or whether it encourages leakage across boundaries and a difficult identity management tasks.
Our ultimate vision is for individuals' switches between identities to be supported through new digital technologies. However, the focus in this proposal is on understanding switches. As a metaphor for the vision, however, we
imagine a "digital brain switch", as illustrated in the following scenario:
Alan has just started his own social enterprise to encourage local trading practices. It is a challenging time for him, as he has to juggle various identities - businessman, husband, community champion, friend. He doesn't have an office to go to and works from home in the kitchen. When his wife works at home, she is comfortable receiving interruptions - she has an uncanny ability to multi-task. However, even when alone, Alan finds it difficult to concentrate on work at home - it's just too easy to interrupt a business proposal by checking Facebook constantly. But he doesn't prevent himself from doing this because he uses Facebook to promote local community groups. Sometimes, when he comes home from an exciting business meeting, Alan finds it impossible to switch back into family life. He just wants to flick a switch in his brain that would stop all the work thoughts from whizzing around and let him relax with his wife.
This scenario illustrates three key attributes that make managing switches between identities challenging: the blurring of boundaries between identities (worker, family man, community champion); the fact that everyone is an individual and has different ways of dealing with switches
(cf. Alan and his wife); and the changes in control that modern ways of working can promote.
This project will undertake an in-depth study of how people manage switches both in the corporeal and digital worlds, focusing on the role of modern communications and their impact on switching practices. The project will develop a research platform that will allow people to capture their switching experiences and to reflect with others on how they manage them. The project will also develop a number of interventions designed to explore how digital technologies can support people to manage switches.
Our ultimate vision is for individuals' switches between identities to be supported through new digital technologies. However, the focus in this proposal is on understanding switches. As a metaphor for the vision, however, we
imagine a "digital brain switch", as illustrated in the following scenario:
Alan has just started his own social enterprise to encourage local trading practices. It is a challenging time for him, as he has to juggle various identities - businessman, husband, community champion, friend. He doesn't have an office to go to and works from home in the kitchen. When his wife works at home, she is comfortable receiving interruptions - she has an uncanny ability to multi-task. However, even when alone, Alan finds it difficult to concentrate on work at home - it's just too easy to interrupt a business proposal by checking Facebook constantly. But he doesn't prevent himself from doing this because he uses Facebook to promote local community groups. Sometimes, when he comes home from an exciting business meeting, Alan finds it impossible to switch back into family life. He just wants to flick a switch in his brain that would stop all the work thoughts from whizzing around and let him relax with his wife.
This scenario illustrates three key attributes that make managing switches between identities challenging: the blurring of boundaries between identities (worker, family man, community champion); the fact that everyone is an individual and has different ways of dealing with switches
(cf. Alan and his wife); and the changes in control that modern ways of working can promote.
This project will undertake an in-depth study of how people manage switches both in the corporeal and digital worlds, focusing on the role of modern communications and their impact on switching practices. The project will develop a research platform that will allow people to capture their switching experiences and to reflect with others on how they manage them. The project will also develop a number of interventions designed to explore how digital technologies can support people to manage switches.
Planned Impact
For many years, a key aim of government policy in Britain has been the achievement of "full and fulfilling employment" (Brown et al., 2004). Although trends in job quality can be erratic (decreasing in the 1990s, but increasing levels of satisfaction from 1998 to 2004 (Brown et al., 2004)), levels of work-related stress are likely to increase in the future (EASHW, 2009). The national importance of well-being at work was recognized by RCUK with a £4M investment in the ESRC Future of Work Programme, which states that "Few subjects could be judged more vital to current policy and academic debates than the prospects for work and employment." In contrast to the current proposal, the Future of Work Programme was focused on policy and did not consider the impact of digital technologies on WLB as a central theme. The EPSRC portfolio considers the importance of general well-being issues (Healthcare technologies challenge theme, DE Sustainable Society) but has no focus on the impact of digital technologies on WLB. The closest funded research is that on digital technologies for behavioural change, but this has focused on travel, personal health, and energy. Therefore, there is a gap in the current EPSRC portfolio, and this gap concerns a major
societal issue identified as a strategic priority by UK governments (cf. the Government's WLB Campaign launched in 2000).
Our impact plan has been developed with a view to maximising the impact of the project's results to deliver three key impact objectives: (i) Impact on the day-to-day working practices of individuals struggling with work-life balance (WLB) issues; (ii) Raising public awareness of WLB issues in the context of modern communications; (iii) Influencing social and research policy on WLB.
This will be achieved through a detailed plan of impact-related activities (see Pathways to Impact), summarized below:
(i) Dissemination of results through organizations such as the Work Foundation, the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development and Ways2Work to ensure that our results can impact on public policy.
(ii) Engagement with the general public through media coverage and public demonstrations at public festival, such as the Manchester Science Festival and FutureEverything.
(iii) Consideration of commercialization opportunities through Lancaster's Knowledge Business Centre and by Open-sourcing code, design documentation, and other software/hardware artefacts to developer groups to promote commercial and/or not-for-profit development.
(iv) A coordinated dissemination plan that includes a project website, extensive use of social media, and leverage of existing dissemination platforms such as the OU's OpenLearn and Platform.
societal issue identified as a strategic priority by UK governments (cf. the Government's WLB Campaign launched in 2000).
Our impact plan has been developed with a view to maximising the impact of the project's results to deliver three key impact objectives: (i) Impact on the day-to-day working practices of individuals struggling with work-life balance (WLB) issues; (ii) Raising public awareness of WLB issues in the context of modern communications; (iii) Influencing social and research policy on WLB.
This will be achieved through a detailed plan of impact-related activities (see Pathways to Impact), summarized below:
(i) Dissemination of results through organizations such as the Work Foundation, the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development and Ways2Work to ensure that our results can impact on public policy.
(ii) Engagement with the general public through media coverage and public demonstrations at public festival, such as the Manchester Science Festival and FutureEverything.
(iii) Consideration of commercialization opportunities through Lancaster's Knowledge Business Centre and by Open-sourcing code, design documentation, and other software/hardware artefacts to developer groups to promote commercial and/or not-for-profit development.
(iv) A coordinated dissemination plan that includes a project website, extensive use of social media, and leverage of existing dissemination platforms such as the OU's OpenLearn and Platform.
Publications
Schnädelbach H
(2015)
Creativity Bento Box: A Physical Resource Pack to Support Interaction in Virtual Space
in International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
Symon, G.
(2016)
Managing work-life boundaries and identities in the digital age
Schnädelbach H
(2016)
Creativity Greenhouse: At-a-distance collaboration and competition over research funding
in International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Whiting R
(2016)
Who's Behind the Lens? A Reflexive Analysis of Roles in Participatory Video Research
in Organizational Research Methods
Symon, G.
(2017)
Reconceptualising the Spaces of Work
McManus, S.
(2017)
Work, Life, Social Enterprise: Where's the Boundary?
Whiting, R.
(2017)
Participant-led video diaries
Symon, G.
(2018)
The Sociomaterial Negotiation of Social Entrepreneurs' Meaningful Work
in Journal of Management Studies
Description | -Research Methodology has had an Impact in both Social Science and Computer Science HCI: participants have learnt something new, realised and appreciated important aspects about themselves and their lives: eg some individuals gave examples of identifying effects of stress; reviewed their work performance and everyday practices; changed behaviour to manage interruption, become more efficient; highlighted a positive process of increasing self reflection. -Work-Life Balance: analysis of specific groups (Social Entrepreneurs, Students, Office Workers) and identified that people shared similar viewpoints and certain practices to challenge definitions of WLB - Identified that WLB is constantly negotiated, renegotiated, rationalised, and myths on flexibility revealed. -Within specific groupings, some individuals could benefit from sharing techniques for identity, expectation, & impression management. -Pinpointing how people make switches and transitions, and clearly identifying different types of switches. -Views and uses of technology: Common ideas are developing with stories concerning FoMo (fear of missing out) and Digi Housekeeping (a new extention to the existing concept of digital labour). -Boundary theory: redefining domains, and highlighting a new 'online' domain, increases understanding assisting those who work flexibility. -Creation & application of tools; embracing individuality, customisation, and sharing to enhance awareness and wellness eg Squeeze Diary (http://www.scc.lancs.ac.uk/research/projects/DBS/research/squeeze-diary/) and Myliferocket digital platform (http://www.myliferocket.com/). -Multidisciplinary collaboration involving differing research cultures. |
Exploitation Route | -Day to day practises may change as a result of participation in the project. -Research findings used as part of supporting wellbeing and training within HR -Digital tools used for self regulation and supporting change management -Specific aspects of research are relevant to the different groupings of Social entrepreneurs, Students and Office workers. - |
Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Healthcare,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Government, Democracy and Justice |
URL | http://www.scc.lancs.ac.uk/research/projects/DBS/research/publications/ |
Description | Conference events Research Seminars Webinar As an open source resource (?) |
First Year Of Impact | 2013 |
Sector | Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education |
Impact Types | Societal,Economic |
Description | Balance Network |
Amount | £2,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2016 |
End | 01/2017 |
Description | Work-Life Balance in the Digital Age |
Amount | £4,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2015 |
End | 06/2016 |
Title | DBS Website created |
Description | Website created to act as a publication tool, repository of information and communication tool for for recruitment |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | We have had X number of visits to our website. |
URL | http://www.scc.lancs.ac.uk/research/projects/DBS/about/ |
Title | Digital Brain Switch Video Diary Research |
Description | Video Diary Research involvement from participants:15 15 Social Entrepreneurs 15 Students 15 Office workers Each participant underwent three interview/briefing and captured insightful research information in an innovative way |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2013 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | New research insights New research methodology Research paper Increased quantity of data |
URL | http://www.scc.lancs.ac.uk/research/projects/DBS/get-involved/ |
Description | Collaboration with Impact Hub Brixton |
Organisation | Impact Hub Brixton |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Professor Symon of DBS Project contributed to planning of event held by Impact Hub Brixton (and taking place in Health Foundry, London). Prof Symon also spoke at the event about DBS project and contributed to writing of post-event report. We are now planning a future event with Impact Hub Brixton and Impact Hub Islington based on the workshop event. The collaboration has allowed DBS to access to relevant professional practitioners (social entrepreneurs) because they use Impact Hub facilities, and discuss the results of the research with them. We have been enabled to work with these social entrepreneurs in formulating strategies for managing their own work-life boundaries . |
Collaborator Contribution | Impact Hub Brixton have allowed access to their members who are social entrepreneurs. They planned and organised the workshop that took place in January 2017. They have also advertised our work with Impact Hub Islington and facilitated a connection with them to develop further work in this area. |
Impact | The collaboration is between academics and practitioners, specifically agences who support professionals in their work activities. So far together we have: Organised a workshop Produced a video as a visual record of this workshop Produced a joint report as a result of this workshop which has been circulated widely, including to other other social entrepreneur support agencies and to other Impact Hubs |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Digital Brain Switch |
Organisation | Open University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Our ultimate vision is to develop new tools that will allow people to better manage how they switch between different work-life roles. We seek to contribute to a critical understanding of how we manage switches between roles, and the role played in this by modern communication technologies. We aim to give people tools to better understand their own work-life balance and to experiment with different ways of managing their work and life. We imagine a life as an experiment application in which people can test different ways of working and, through the application, collect data over time that will allow them to choose between different working methods. |
Collaborator Contribution | Team of Social Scientists Team of Computer Scientists Computer science development including My Life Rocket Social/ psychological studies video data analysis |
Impact | Multidisciplinary collaboration meetings Research Publications Video data captured from 45 participants New social platform Digital Prototype eg Squeeze diary |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Digital Brain Switch |
Organisation | Royal Holloway, University of London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Our ultimate vision is to develop new tools that will allow people to better manage how they switch between different work-life roles. We seek to contribute to a critical understanding of how we manage switches between roles, and the role played in this by modern communication technologies. We aim to give people tools to better understand their own work-life balance and to experiment with different ways of managing their work and life. We imagine a life as an experiment application in which people can test different ways of working and, through the application, collect data over time that will allow them to choose between different working methods. |
Collaborator Contribution | Team of Social Scientists Team of Computer Scientists Computer science development including My Life Rocket Social/ psychological studies video data analysis |
Impact | Multidisciplinary collaboration meetings Research Publications Video data captured from 45 participants New social platform Digital Prototype eg Squeeze diary |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Digital Brain Switch |
Organisation | University of Kent |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Our ultimate vision is to develop new tools that will allow people to better manage how they switch between different work-life roles. We seek to contribute to a critical understanding of how we manage switches between roles, and the role played in this by modern communication technologies. We aim to give people tools to better understand their own work-life balance and to experiment with different ways of managing their work and life. We imagine a life as an experiment application in which people can test different ways of working and, through the application, collect data over time that will allow them to choose between different working methods. |
Collaborator Contribution | Team of Social Scientists Team of Computer Scientists Computer science development including My Life Rocket Social/ psychological studies video data analysis |
Impact | Multidisciplinary collaboration meetings Research Publications Video data captured from 45 participants New social platform Digital Prototype eg Squeeze diary |
Start Year | 2012 |
Title | Digital Brain Switch Prototypes |
Description | MyLifeRocket - Online platform to support work life balance http://www.myliferocket.com/ Squeeze diary - http://www.scc.lancs.ac.uk/research/projects/DBS/research/squeeze-diary/ |
Type Of Technology | New/Improved Technique/Technology |
Year Produced | 2014 |
Impact | Research Paper produced. Currently recruiting users to test MyLifeRocket |
URL | http://www.scc.lancs.ac.uk/research/projects/DBS/ |
Description | Article in The Conversation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Article written by Prof Gillian Symon discussing Digital Brain Switch project in relation to proposed French law to ban emails after work published in The Conversation in March 2016. This was picked up by various other outlets at the time - including The Independent (UK) - and triggered later requests for interviews etc. The article is still being regularly re-published (e.g. in The Memo March 2017). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Blog for UnLtd |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Professor Symon authored invited blog entitled 'Social entrepreneurs struggle with work-life balance in the digital age' for UnLtd who fund social enterprise activities in June 2016. Blog is read by all social entrepreneurs across UK. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | DBS 20 minute presentation to the Balance Network - 01/2014 (JW) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | TBC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | DBS Catalyst - contacted Catalyst community members (300 people) - 05/2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Catalyst community was contacted via email, newsletter and invitation to participate in the research project 5-10 participants expressed interest in taking part |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | DBS Kent University Recruitment briefings - 20/01/2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | The talk resulted in interest in the project and recruitment of participants to the video diary study Began to spread awareness of the research project |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.scc.lancs.ac.uk/research/projects/DBS/for-participants/ |
Description | DBS Presentation 10/2014 by Jim Ang |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Jim Ang to inform Jim Ang to update |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | DBS Royal Holloway Student Recruitment lunch briefings - 20/01/2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | The presentation inspired some individuals to participate in the project research Awareness of the project started to build within the university |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.scc.lancs.ac.uk/research/projects/DBS/for-participants/ |
Description | DBS Social Entrepreneur Recruitment (Lancaster University presentation)- 28/10/2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Recruited participants for social entrepreneur study TBC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | DBS Social Entrepreneur Recruitment (London presentation)- 6/11/2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Recruited social entrepreneurs TBC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | DBS Student Recruitment (London University SS Sts presentation)- 28/01/2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Spread awareness of WLB issues TBC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | DBS Student recruitment Lancaster University Lunch Briefin)- 03/02/2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Participants signed up to be involved in the research project Social entrepreneurs group was established |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.scc.lancs.ac.uk/research/projects/DBS/get-involved/faq/ |
Description | DBS The Tenth Social Study of ICT Open Research Forum LSE 24/04/2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | TBC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | DBS WLB Network Presentation and network activity - 17/09/2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Online activity TNC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | DBS Webinar - 19/01/2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Webinar generated chat discussions, interest and willingness to support future dissemination activity After webinar invited to Cumbria Social Enterprise Network http://www.socialenterpriseincumbria.org/ |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.scc.lancs.ac.uk/research/projects/DBS/webinars/ |
Description | DBS Workshop for Research Platform focus group (Social Entrepreneurs) 27/02/2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Workshop facilitated over 4 hours • 8 SEs participated, out of which 7 did the video diary study. • Seed insights from interviews and prioritize into 3 groups. • Seeded insights presented to the participants selected from the interviews - not direct quotes but partly directed. • Some seeded insights did not resonate well with the participants. Got hung up with different phrases. • Lack of consensus among participants on many issues. Further interest and development creation of myliferocket |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | DBS: RHUL workshop on WLB with School of Management Women's group 9 June 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Purpose was to stimulate and facilitate discussion of participants' own WLB requirements and strategies. Audience shared experiences, learnt from each others' experiences and reflected on own strategies. Some change in behaviour noted, and potential changes to SoM women's events in future. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | DBS: UCLICC Seminar - Multi-Sensory Experiences: Exploring Work-Life Balance in a Digital World, Jon Whittle & Gillian Symon - 04/06/2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | need to complete |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.ucl.ac.uk/uclic/uclic-news-publication/seminar28 |
Description | Facilitating workshop for School of Social Entrepreneurs (Hampshire) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The School for Social Entrepreneurs provides training, development and support to social entrepreneurs who are establishing their own businesses. As part of a regular training event, we presented data from Digital Brian Switch and facilitated group discussions around the issues raised. Very positive feedback received on both our DBS feedback forms and the SSE feedback forms. Several participants identified specific changes they would make to their daily activities. SSE very impressed with the event and currently we are discussing how the SSE may take this forward across the whole franchise. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Making a video for engagement purposes |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Engaged media company to compose two videos outlining findings from the Digital Brain Switch project and featuring project members. Videos have recently been posted on DBS YouTube channel and grant holders institutions' YouTube channels. Links to videos have been tweeted. Videos already (in less than a week) have had over 100 views. Videos will be presented at an event run by EPSRC Balance Network in June 2016. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Newsletter entry for IFIP Working Group 9.5 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Chamakiotis authored newsletter entry for information system academics associated with IFIP Working Group 9.5 in March 2016 entitled 'Implications of ICT for work-life boundaries' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Newspaper interview for Washington Post |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Prof Jon Whittle and Prof Gillian Symon interviewed for article in Washington Post on Digital Brain Switch research, published May 12th 2016. Article was later syndicated to various other outlets |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Participation in live discussion as part of The Stream (Al Jazeera) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Professor Symon invited to submit video contribution to live debate on work-life boundaries on social media channel The Stream (hosted by Al Jazeera TV USA) on 10th January 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Practitioner workshop (Cumbria SE Partnership) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Workshop with Social Entrepreneurs drawn from across Cumbria at which insights from DBS project presented followed by small group discussion on implications for attendees' own practices. Event was partly a 'practice run' for a larger event to be held at an annual general meeting of the SE Cumbria Partnership in 2018 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.secumbria.org/work-life-social-enterprise-wheres-the-boundary/ |
Description | Practitioner workshop (Health Foundry) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Workshop attended by social entrepreneurs where results of Digital Brain Switch presented, followed by World Café discussion of issues triggered by this around managing work life boundaries for social entrepreneurs. Event was jointly curated by Impact Hub Brixton and Royal Holloway University of London, and partly funded by Balance Network. Outputs included: completed feedback forms, short video of the event, post-event report, pictorial representation of event (from event scribe), two Impact Impact Hub Brixton blogs and numerous tweets from different sources. Report was distributed to attendees and organizations involved in the support of social entrepreneurs as well as available on Impact Hub Brixton website. In feedback forms and videos, participants claimed to have enjoyed event and that this would instigate changes in their behaviour. Report was distributed at a later related event at Impact Hub Islington. Success of event has triggered further events to be based in Impact Hub Islington - currently planning a Hackathon. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Radio broadcast (BBC Radio Wales) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Prof Symon invited interviewee on BBC Wales Drive Time radio show on January 3rd 2017 discussing change to French law to ban after hours email |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Radio broadcast (Jon McComb show, CKNW, Vancouver) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Prof Symon invited interviewee for Canadian radio talk show presented by Jon McComb discussing implications of France bringing in new law banning after hours email on 16th May 2016. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Report on practitioner workshop on Impact Hub Brixton blog page |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Impact Hub Brixton posted two blogs related to workshop event based on Digital Brain Switch research at Health Foundry in February 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Video of Health Foundry event (January 2017) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Video entitled 'Work? Life? Where's the Boundary?' created of Health Foundry workshop, including interviews with participants, and posted on Impact Hub Brixton website and on YouTube |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTknHs0FEik |