To say that the world of work is undergoing a tectonic shift would be an overstatement, but there are changes nevertheless. Socioeconomic circumstances such as interest rate increases, a laser focus on cost, and remote work, coupled with Geo-political shifts like ongoing supply chain disruptions, increased political unrest and opposition to immigration, are definitely accelerating … Continue reading Rethinking your career portfolio
The number of reports an organisation publishes is increasing with each passing year. As organisations reminisce about simpler times when the quarterly financial report and the annual shareholder letter sufficed, it is fair to say, it is still not enough. With governments and stakeholders now asking for sustainability (ESG) reports, energy consumption reports, gender pay … Continue reading The three other reports every employer needs to publish
We are bang in the middle of prediction season. That can only mean one thing! Today, I’m sharing not only my top five predictions for the year ahead but also my three ‘not a trend’s. 2024 promises to be yet another turbulent year. Will the ‘2024 word of the workplace’ be stability? I doubt it. … Continue reading 2024: The trends & non-trends
I have two half-written blog posts at the moment but having witnessed the OpenAI drama unfold over the last five days, albeit from a distance, those two can wait a little longer. Never in an organization’s history, has there been so much going on in less than a week. The last time a fired CEO … Continue reading The OpenAI drama
The debate on whether machines will take over our jobs has been raging long before I entered the workforce, and guess what? No matter how advanced the technology, how large the cloud, or how artificial the intelligence, jobs will always be around. The question is: Which Jobs? The top skills required over the next decade … Continue reading Top Jobs for 2025 and Beyond
There are years of growth, years of experimentation and then there are years of efficiency. No prizes for guessing which bucket 2023 falls into. If you are confused, all you have to do is listen to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, who has quoted the term ‘year of efficiency’ multiple times over the last six … Continue reading The ‘Year of Digestion’
Two things happened when ChatGPT rose to its current popularity: users wanted to use it for almost everything and organizations rushed to create data security policies that would stop employees from doing just that. Employers were petrified that sensitive data would find its way into the public sphere and banned the use of OpenAI on … Continue reading Microsoft’s Copilot is the Future of Work
I have no less than six posts dedicated to meetings on this blog and at least two episodes on the pod where meetings form one of the top three stories of the month. I am not obsessed with meetings but I spend a LOT of time thinking about them and even more time attending them. … Continue reading Shopify’s Meeting Cost Calculator
Last week, I had the opportunity to be in the same room as one of the people I admire the most. You may know by now that I call myself a behavioral economics enthusiast and am a big fan of Dan Ariely. When I heard that he was going to be in the same town … Continue reading What stops us from acting in our best interest?
In Part 1, we debated the case for pulling people back into the office. The 4C’s: Culture, Collaboration, Creativity and Connection make for a compelling case for why working from an office with colleagues might be a good idea. However, in that post, I also promised to balance the debate and return with my pitch … Continue reading Why are we really going back to the office? – Part 2
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