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Implement Leading Practices

Support QWL Champions to Build Knowledge Exchange Relating to Priority Areas for Improvement

Support QWL Champions to actively participate in/contribute to knowledge exchange networks.
Develop Knowledge Exchange (KE) processes across the organization that are linked and integrated with frontline employee involvement. Look beyond organizational silos which may also involve allocating resources differently.
Utilize evidence to support employees and managers to make ethical decisions in practice environments i.e. support colleagues and management facing difficult situations due to the complexity of care and staff shortages, among other pressures.
Contribute to the development of a national database that would provide easy access to highly relevant documented information (on literature and practice) to support more efficient search for evidence.
Invest in mechanisms to take your work in knowledge development, dissemination, translation and exchange and connect it to organizational action in the areas of strategic planning, workplace policy, program and practice development, implementation and evaluation.
Support the development of "dual practitioners" in both operations and research. Academic researchers without a background in operations may be hesitant to fully engage in projects led and dominated by operational issues and processes. On the other side, staff and consultants from the public or private sector may not be comfortable engaged in academic research. In order to bridge these two realities, the development of individuals educated and experienced in "both worlds" would be helpful.

In moving forward, it is important to build on existing relationships, capacity and fully utilize existing organizations, professional networks and QWL initiatives underway across the country.