1/5 posts reflecting on experiments in doing work differently — ← Back to the list of all 5 posts In 2022 Enrol Yourself (a limited company), became Huddlecraft (a Community Interest Company) after working on this transition across 2021–22, for what felt like ages! I’ve captured reflections below. 💡 Why did we decide to do it? When Enrol Yourself Ltd was reaching 4 years old, we were finding…

5 posts reflecting on 5 experiments in doing work differently — We did A LOT of change in 2022. From changing our legal structure, to changing the way we pay people (and how much we pay them), to reducing our working hours… We had more changes than hours in the day. …

3/5 posts reflecting on experiments in doing work differently — ← Back to the list of all 5 posts In 2022 Huddlecraft piloted a 9 day fortnight, with every other Friday off, for no less pay. This came with challenges and rewards. To support this pilot we also hosted The League of Less Work, a peer group for people and…

5/5 posts reflecting on experiments in doing work differently — ← Back to the list of all 5 posts 2022 was a challenging year. Lots of things were uncertain at the same time. Sometimes it was scary! So, we had to quickly learn to navigate multiple interacting uncertainties as a step up from navigating one or two. 💡 Why did we decide to do it? Over the past…

2/5 posts reflecting on experiments in doing work differently — ← Back to the list of all 5 posts In 2022 we at Huddlecraft trialled a transparent pay formula for our core team, having spent 2021 using a flat salary structure. Here’s how it went. 💡 Why did we decide to do it? In 2021 we used a flat salary structure. This worked OK for the stage we…

4/5 posts reflecting on experiments in doing work differently — ← Back to the list of all 5 posts We needed to reflect the governance and organising changes we were making in our contracts. When we pulled on this thread, the whole employment contract began to feel ripe for change. I joined Dark Matter Labs employment contracts peer group to…

Imagining: a regenerative civilisation and the continued evolution of Huddlecraft — This post contains: Some personal musings (below) about why now feels like the right moment to ask: What contribution could Huddlecraft make over this next ever-so-crucial decade? And how might we place collaboration at the heart of our approach? A link out to an emerging vision and proposal for how…

🚲 I went to visit Cambridge Central Mosque because I had heard great things. Visiting was really inspiring, and afterwards I kept thinking about the design process that had created a place that is so beautiful, soulful, functional, sustainble… 🤓 I’ve derived a few design principles from my visit. And…

3 months into our expedition, what are we learning about reducing our working hours? — This is part 1 of 3 posts sharing reflections from an 8-month peer learning ‘expedition’ for people and organisations exploring reduced working hours in 2022. The League of Less Work is a collaboration between Huddlecraft and LearnJam. We are hosting the expedition, but we are also very much peers in the process. LearnJam began piloting a 4 day week in 2021 and at Huddlecraft we’ve been piloting a 90% fortnight this year.