Wazoku Blog

Quiet quitting is a phenomenon taking the internet by storm. It’s a trend that is bringing attention to the disillusionment felt by workers across the globe: who don’t feel valued, face burnout, and aren't inspired to go above and beyond. It’s a form of quitting that doesn’t involve an employee outright leaving an organization, but means that they have mentally checked out, putting in no more effort than is absolutely necessary. This is detrimental in many ways but can be particularly damaging to an organization’s day-to-day business and its ability to innovate and drive change. A lot of the time, employees are the everyday innovators that a business relies on to find great ideas.

The Center for the Transformation of Work (CTW) community calls bring open talent, freelancers, and organizations in these spheres together to change the world of work. In Thursday 15^th September’s call, Tim Sanders, VP of Client Strategy at Upwork shared highlights and findings from Upwork’s Future Workforce Report 2022: Leveraging Independent Talent as a Key Workforce Strategy.

To reflect the changing world of work and the decentralized nature of modern business, we’re bringing InnoCentive and its Challenge Community into Wazoku’s offering.

Every day I am lucky enough to see organisations tap into the brilliant minds of people inside and outside their networks to solve the world’s most pressing problems. From preventing the spread of malaria, to identifying new and sustainable way to power societies, we witness ideas coming from the most unlikely places, giving us confidence that the collective experience, intelligence, and perseverance of humanity is enough to overcome the most complex challenges.

Here at Wazoku, we aim to “Change the world, one idea at a time.” At present, there isn’t a greater issue to overcome than that of climate change. Therefore, in recent years, we’ve seen a high volume of the challenges run on our platform focus on the area of sustainability.

A key part of our work at Wazoku centers around enabling our customers to improve their operations. That mindset of relentless development is something we aim to apply to our platform as well. In this piece, I’m going to discuss recent updates and upcoming changes that we’re making to the platform, aimed at improving functionality, capability, and performance for all users.

It’s already been a stellar literary year for Wazoku and its extended family, so we are delighted today (23 August) to share the latest instalment – our Chief Strategy & Product Officer Rosemarie has contributed a chapter to ‘60 Leaders on Innovation'.

Sustainability has always been important to Wazoku. Last year we became one of the first innovation companies in the world to achieve carbon neutral status, and we work alongside some of the world’s biggest brands like Enel to help them achieve their sustainability goals.

Communication and engagement with employees are an essential part of business at any time. The benefits of an engaged workforce include improved employee retention and loyalty, a happier and more motivated workforce and better general well-being. Most observers feel that employee engagement is a key pillar of the future of work.

InnoCentive is now part of Wazoku

On January 1, 2020 the world was much different than it is today…we are now learning daily/hourly just how different it really is.  There are lessons we must now, and are, quickly learning.  While governments and healthcare professionals are fighting against the Coronavirus, there is hope that burns in our hearts, and there are amazing solutions waiting to be found in the midst of the rapidly changing world with this pandemic.  There are new-generation thinkers and Solvers ready for action.