The Working Week 76

In the current economic climate, financial literacy and good money management has never been more important. But one thing that we've all learnt over the past few months is that many so-called financial experts aren't so expert after all.

Which is why Wayne is joined for this week's Working Week by Jennifer Openshaw, who is CEO of the website Weseed.com, which demystifies the stock market by helping people share what they know and make smart investing decisions based on the collective wisdom of the community.

Jennifer's mantra, as she explains to Wayne, is to "invest in what you know", be that what you know through work or through the things you are passionate about or interested in.

And while this might seem like a strange time to be talking about investments, the fact remains that it's in a company's best interests to have financially literate staff. As Jennifer points out, people who have financial worries are more stressed and less productive than those who aren't.

That's something that UK retail giant Tesco - the largest private-sector employer in Britain - is well aware of. Just this week, it announced that it is distributing financial educational guides to all its 280,000 employees. It will also run a series of hour-long briefings in head offices and distribution centres, where hundreds of staff will be taught how to manage their money better.

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