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Our Values and Principles

Open Works is a values-led organisation; the values and principles outlined below are the source of our ethics, and are brought to life in everything we do.

Be Evolutionary

Rather than triggering a revolution we allow companies to rapidly learn, adapt and evolve safely. Our approach to change allows us to gracefully navigate the prevailing culture within an organisation, giving it the freedom to own its future.

Evolutionary Ethics

We take the time to understand the unique culture within every organisation we partner with, ensuring any subsequent change initiatives are sequenced in a way that will have the most impact over the long-term.

We co-design the culture strategy and roadmap with the key “influencer” network

present in every organisation, as opposed to following any prescribed hierarchy, 

embedding our thinking so that the network understands and trusts the nature of evolutionary change and can continue to follow the approach long-term.

We challenge our clients to take one small, positive step forward at a time by following

a practical, frictionless change method rooted in the principles of continuous improvement.

Open Works Values

Be Sustainable

Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. It drives our

relationship with each other, our clients and the wider environment.

Sustainability Ethics

We explore multiple possible futures with and for our clients, enriching enterprise strategy with viable alternative options as we look to build long-term resilience.

We freely share our IP to help clients move forward without us.

Our purpose is to make as many companies as healthy as possible.

We pledge one percent of our time and profit to external, sustainable causes. It is our responsibility to share our success and support causes that matter to us as an organisation.

Be Agile

Achieving true business agility when our client’s competitors struggle with their adoption of modern work practices provides a true differentiator; one of the reasons why we live and breathe the principles of business agility within Open Works.

Agility Ethics

We focus on encouraging an experimental mindset across the organisation, ensuring people both own and improve their system of work to build motivation, resilience and performance.

We do not advocate for a single, uniform business framework but ensure that the right method is employed in the right part of the organisation, at the right time with the right people.

We place emphasis on clear principles of communication, collaboration and flow efficiency, unlocking the latent agility of every organisation.

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