Newsletter June 2025
Dear friends,
It is hard to believe we are already halfway through 2025.
We began working in April on the challenges raised by directors at our AGM in Rome concerning the vision for future Expert meetings and identifying relevant field-leading academic contributors. More details will follow, but we are planning a joint project with our partners, the International Centre for Work and Family (ICWF) and Harvard, on Engaged Fatherhood, and another addressing the anthropological dimension of work.
To mark and celebrate International Family Day this May, we launched our collaboration with IFFD for its family training platform, PAUSE. This new section, on the impact of the home in personal development, features five of our directors. A reminder that you can get a discounted subscription with the code HRF25.
June has been a month of relationship building. In May 2024, we learned about the work of the Institute for Family Policy Analysis at the United Nations, and a year later, we met in Mexico at the First National Forum for Family Well-being at Work. This meeting allowed us to learn about positive practices carried out by companies in Mexico and the great work that some local governments are doing to end current policies that are detrimental to employee well-being. Before flying back to Europe, our Head of Comms Angela de Miguel and Prof. Antonio Argandoña met with the president and some members of COPARMEX, the Mexican Chamber of Commerce, who, concerned about the situation, are seeking international expertise to help them analyse the country’s situation and this work on the well-being of employees and their families.
Furthermore, we are delighted to announce that our next book, “Nurturing Healthy Relationships at Home and Work”, will be presented at IESE in Barcelona. Although it is pre-publication, we couldn’t miss the opportunity to share it with those attending the 11th International Conference on Work and Family, organised by ICWF on 30 June and 1 July. We will share information and photos on the website and on social media soon.
Before I say goodbye, you may have noticed our Instagram profile has changed from Smart Home Management to Home Renaissance Foundation. Smart was a more practical project of HRF, but as we have developed the foundation’s academic activity, we have naturally shifted towards the parent project.
I hope you have a good summer ahead and can take the opportunity to rediscover the great impact that your home has on your lives.
With warm regards,
Sir Bryan K. Sanderson, CBE