Sharpen focus.
Clarify priorities, outcomes and ownership. Build a more consistent rhythm for execution.
BETTER WORK DESIGN
Don’t ask people
to work harder.
Design better work.
Create capacity for healthy high performance.
A practical programme from Cuppa and EnterpriseWorks that helps leaders sharpen focus, reduce friction and turn insight into a clear plan for action.
THE PROBLEM ISN’T A LACK OF EFFORT
Busy doesn’t always
mean better.
When work gets more complex, effort alone isn’t the answer.
EnterpriseWorks’ 2026 Workforce Productivity Research identifies recurring barriers that consume capacity and put pressure on leaders and teams.
- 01Competing priorities
- 02Strategy lost in execution
- 03Disconnected workflows, systems and data
- 04Low-value work and unnecessary meetings
- 05Too little capacity to lead
BETTER WORK, BY DESIGN
Make room for
what matters.
Free capacity.
Identify low-value work, unnecessary meetings and friction that pull people away from their priorities.
Reinvest it.
Direct capacity towards higher-value work, capability, wellbeing and growth — including opportunities for AI.
The aim: stronger execution and sustainable performance, not simply squeezing more into the day.
THE BETTER WORK DESIGN ACCELERATOR
A day to step back.
A plan to move forward.
A facilitated full-day experience for executive teams, senior leaders and key change agents.
Bring your real work challenges. Research insights, live polling and focused conversations help your leaders identify opportunities, make choices and align on the next 90 days.
Start with your priorities.
- Executive sponsor discovery
- Research insights tailored to your organisation
- A clear focus for the day
Work through it together.
- Full-day facilitated executive event
- Live polling and research insights
- Five focused conversations
- Prioritisation and action planning
Leave with a way forward.
- Executive summary and key insights
- Prioritised opportunities
- A 90-day action plan with owners and next steps
FIVE CONVERSATIONS. PRACTICAL DECISIONS.
Look at the work.
Not just the symptoms.
Each conversation connects your organisation’s challenges to choices your leaders can act on.
Then align on the next 90 days.
Agree the highest-value opportunities, who owns them and what happens next.
- 01
Strengthen execution
Priorities, outcomes, ownership and ways of working.
- 02
Lift productivity
Low-value work, meetings, distractions and lost capacity.
- 03
Reinvest for growth
Priority work, capability, AI enablement and wellbeing.
- 04
Build connected work
Workflows, trusted data, systems and secure AI foundations.
- 05
Enable healthy high performance
Leadership capacity, team practices, habits and routines.
IS THIS THE RIGHT NEXT STEP?
For leaders ready
to rethink the work.
The Accelerator is a starting point when your team needs shared priorities, a practical view of what’s getting in the way and an agreed path forward.
Start a sponsor conversationPARTNERS WE’RE WORKING WITH
Better work takes
different perspectives.
Working with EnterpriseWorks and The CEO Institute to help organisations rethink and redesign work.
We bring work-design expertise and leadership conversations together. The partners involved and their roles are confirmed for each programme.
What would better work
make possible?
Start with your priorities. We’ll explore whether the Accelerator is the right fit.