Finland’s FOCUS project offers a framework and digital app to help businesses manage staff wellbeing, and its innovative crisis management tools are helping companies respond to COVID-19.

In recent years, the influence of staff wellbeing on productivity has been a big talking point for businesses in Finland. However, although companies have started to introduce wellbeing management, activities tend to be isolated and infrequent, and are not always managed systematically, purposefully or effectively.

To address this, the University of Vaasa has developed a project, with funding from the ESF, called Focus on Management of Wellbeing at Work.This framework helps managers to recognise wellbeing development needs, set targets, use relevant tools and build management systems for workplace wellbeing, supported by an innovative digital app for smartphone and laptops.