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Back to Work Sessions: Moving from conversations around wellbeing to actively feeling well at work - Jari Hakanen

Aalto University Future of Work launches a series of interviews called Back to Work Sessions – How do we together build a more socially Sustainable Future of Work.
Jari Hakanen and Hertta Vuorenmaa

How can we work in a more socially sustainable way? How to approach work in a socially sustainable way and build individual, organizational and societal resilience, maintain dignity and humanity at work, take care of our thinking and our brains, lead in a more sustainable manner and generally better nurture our mental, physical, emotional sides whilst at work? Our selected experts will each give us their take on this matter and deep-dive into their expertise areas. Read more about the Back to Work Sessions here.

Welcome to Aalto University's new interview series Back to Work Sessions –How do we together build a more socially sustainable future of work?. The interview series is an initiative by Aalto University's Future of Work and is open for everyone on Youtube, as well as, a limited amount of guests in person.

The fifth event of the series will take place on Wednesday, February 9th at 15.00 EET our guest will be research professor at the National Institute of Occupational Health (TTL) Jari Hakanen. How can we move away from conversations about not feeling well at work in to concrete acts that will benefit our wellbeing? How can we achieve a better working life by leading in a more positive way? The interview is moderated by Research Director Hertta Vuorenmaa. The event language is Finnish.

Submit your questions for the speaker here.

If you missed the first interview with Hilkka Olkinuora you can find it on Aalto University's YouTube channel here.

The second interview with Esa Saarinen can be found here.

The third interview with Kiti Müller can be found here

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Jari Hakanen is a research professor at the National Institute of Occupational Health (TTL)

For more than 20 years, Jari has studied Finnish working life from the perspective of well-being at work: good management and proactive tuning of one's own work, reconciling work and life, and mental health and the ability to work from the perspective of well-being. He has also been developing and implementing many development projects on the above-mentioned themes.

Back to Work Sessions – How do we build a more socially Sustainable Future of Work
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