Remote Inclusion

Remote Inclusion – a matter of people and business growth, and securing companies’ long-term competitiveness

The concept of Remote Inclusion is about being able to include, and connect with, all employees regardless of where they are in their work-life and life journey, and whether they are physically present at the office or not. It enables companies to harvest the benefits from making employees thrive and feel included, e.g. in attracting and retaining talent, improving productivity, saving costs, and securing long-term competitiveness.

Remote Inclusion supports reaching critical company goals for health & wellbeing, competence supply and retention with impact on costs for sick leave and recruitment. It is a concrete action in line with CSRD & Agenda2030, and it can transform workplace cultures to ensure that ALL available competence is valued, also the transferable skills developed during leave or remotely.

Benefits from a Broader View on Inclusion
Increased employee engagement and health, strengthened loyalty, and reduced costs are all recognized values by many companies. As a result, they take steps to enhance inclusion, which creates these business benefits. However, there are groups that many miss, where untapped potential exists.

– “We need to start talking about Remote Inclusion, smarter inclusion of ALL employees,” argue Tiina Bruno and Karin Hasselström, the creators of the new concept of Remote Inclusion.

Research shows that everybody has a need to feel significant, competent and appreciated.* Employees need to feel as a valuable part of the company context throughout their work and life journey – also when on leave or working remotely. Losing valued employees that the company has invested in, due to not meeting basic needs, leads to high economic and social costs, possible to avoid.  

In the hybrid-work life of today managers need to develop new ways to foster a sense of belonging, regardless where the employees are. Without disturbing, yet including and caring – a crucial part of their everyday leadership in the new complex work-life of today.
Smart Inclusion AB offers innovative solutions and digital tools to accomplish this in an effective and efficient way.

Examples of remote employees to include and connect with, on their terms during different life and work-life phases:

* Will Schutz FIRO Element B interpersonal relations theory, 3 basic needs of all people