Helping businesses develop the best flexible, remote and hybrid workforces.
We are a team of flexible working experts who can quickly help you identify the best flexibility options for your business.
Meet the team
Dr John Hopkins (Founder & Consultant)
Since leaving a successful career in industry, John has worked as a university lecturer and researcher, teaching a variety of management subjects to undergraduate, postgraduate and executive education students.
His interest in flexible working first began in 2014, as part of a research project investigating ways to reduce traffic congestion around our cities, and the subject has become a passion of his ever since.
John is originally from Liverpool in the UK, and his favourite places to work remotely are his kitchen, and his local cafe.
Professor Anne Bardoel (Chief Consultant)
Anne has an international reputation as a leading researcher in the work and family/life area. Her current research projects include management of work-life issues, remote working, caregiving, allied health employee management, and team issues in general practice medical clinics.
Previously Anne has held positions as a member of the Australian Government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency Advisory Group, Victorian Government’s Working Families Council, and President of the Work/Life Association (Australia). In these roles, she actively promoted discussion among business leaders and policy makers about work-life issues.
Recent MEDIA
The WorkFLEX team are regularly invited to provide expert opinion, in the national and international media, as voices of authority on the topic of flexible working. WorkFLEX research is also frequently cited, as a leading source of the latest information for flexible and remote work trends.
Here is a selection from the past 12 months:
Australians' desire to work from home affecting house prices
'It's exhausting': Return to office will be wobbly, handle with care
The Age (January 2021)
Sydney Morning Herald (January 2021)
'People will need to comply': No right to refuse return-to-office call, lawyers say
The Age (January 2021)
Sydney Morning Herald (January 2021)
Bosses and employees divided over working from home rules.
A quarter of workplaces saw productivity improve during COVID-19. The same saw a drop.
Sunday Feature Interview: Dr John Hopkins
Fear & Greed podcast (September 2020)
https://omny.fm/shows/fear-and-greed/sunday-feature-interview-dr-john-hopkins
Coronavirus: Working at home becomes flexible
Working from home after COVID-19
SBS World News (June 2020)
The future of work in a post-COVID-19 world
ABC Radio - RN Drive with Patricia Karvelas (June 2020)
Working from home could be here to stay according to new research
Coronavirus sees traffic drop by 32pc in Hobart as workers stay home
ABC News TAS (May 2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p0UWOiEFeA
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (May 2020)
Henry Stewart Talks - Future Work Now (March 2021)
WorkFLEX's John Hopkins was invited to deliver a Henry Stewart Talk, entitled 'Working form Home during COVID-19: An Insight from Australia,' as part of their Future Work Now Series.
Henry Stewart Talks Ltd (HSTalks) is a leading provider of specially prepared, animated, online, audio-visual lectures, seminar-style talks and case studies for medical schools, business schools universities and commercial enterprises in over 60 countries around the world. Their talks feature leading world experts and practitioners, including Nobel Laureates, drawn from academia, research institutes, commerce, industry, the professions and government.
Click here to watch the talk (HS Talks subscription required)