We believe work can be designed for everyone to thrive as the individuals, teams and organisations we are.
As a Community Interest Company (CIC), we reinvest our profits into advancing better ways of working, ensuring our research, initiatives and expertise continue to benefit organisations and society alike.
Change is a collective movement - real people connected through technology. Their genuine stories, authentic voices, and lived experiences shape everything we do. Our Slack community shapes our thinking and drives our mission forward. It is a dedicated space for connection and collective action that is free to join. We would love to see you there.
OUR STORY
More than a decade ago, our Founders felt a huge disconnect between the traditional way of working and the technology that was liberating them from it. Feeling constrained by this tension, they started a consultancy called Hoxby to test whether people could work from anywhere at anytime. They coined the term ‘Workstyle’ to give new language to the idea of designing work around the needs of each person.
In the 10 years that followed, they built a loyal following and forged strong relationships with leading UK charities with the shared aim of using work design to close the widening employment gaps for many who can’t access traditional work. During this time, the term ‘Workstyle’ evolved to meet the demand for work design among both people and their organisations. The lessons they learned now provide the foundations for the award-winning Workstyle Model.
Today, that journey continues as Workstyle CIC.
Having always been on a mission to change the way the world works, Workstyle was later incorporated as a Community Interest Company to ensure our work always benefits people and society first. Building on more than a decade of research, experimentation and real-world experience, we're now focused on helping organisations redesign work for the AI era. A research partnership with King’s College London validates the Workstyle Model and helps us provide annual insights to workers, employers and policymakers navigating technology-driven changes to the way people work.
OUR FOUNDERS
Lizzie Penny and Alex Hirst are friends, bestselling authors and inspiring speakers. They are recognised by HR Magazine as being among the Most Influential Thinkers in HR and were recognised as leading one of the most progressive organisations in the world in 2024, 2025 and 2026 by the Haier Model Institute and Thinkers 50
For more than a decade, they have helped thousands of people around the world to be intentional with how they design their work.
BOOK LIZZIE AND ALEX FOR YOUR CORPORATE EVENT OR MEETING
Lizzie and Alex are engaging, entertaining and authentic speakers who have been invited to give talks to organisations including charities, corporates, thought leadership conferences and the UK government.
If you are interested in Lizzie and Alex speaking at your event please get in touch with Natasha Lyons at Chartwell Speakers on natasha@chartwellspeakers.com
You can also see more details about the talks Lizzie and Alex typically give, including their keynotes, here.
READ OUR
NO.1 BESTSELLER
The success of Lizzie and Alex’s book becoming a Sunday Times No. 1 Bestseller opened the door for our work design ideas to become mainstream and provided the foundations for us to later build our research and charitable partnerships upon.
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