At last October’s Workplace Trends Conference we were delighted to welcome Simon Joyston-Bechal of Turnstone Law to our virtual stage. Simon has over 25 years’ experience as a solicitor. Specialising in regulatory defence, he is widely regarded as one of the UK’s leading health &… Read More »Health & Safety Law – Duties to Protect Staff & Visitors from Covid-19 in their Workplaces
Human resources department staffers who’ve seen many social changes may think that they’re jaded and unable to connect with members of a different generation. Considering just how flexible many Gen Z employees have proven themselves to be, however, they’re more than likely going to want… Read More »How to Nurture a Feeling of Loyalty from Your Gen Z Employees in 2021
Years of pathologising offices should have prepared us for the patholigisation of virtual spaces. It seems like months since anybody has come out with that tired old rant about open plan. Certain vociferous and obsessive authors on the subject have had to find some other… Read More »Well, at least nobody is whinging about open plan offices anymore
Highly educated solo-entrepreneurs value the autonomy of their work above everything else and as a result do not want to employ people, according to new research from Trinity Business School. The researchers used a survey to interview solo entrepreneurs as they started their business to… Read More »Highly educated entrepreneurs rarely want to grow their firms
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought anxiety to many, but people are positive about their work, claims a new survey from The Myers-Briggs Company, which looks at how people’s personality type influences their feelings about the pandemic. The Myers-Briggs Company surveyed participants about their attitudes and… Read More »Work is the silver lining to the pandemic for employees
As a manager, having a keen sense of empathy will help you to see the world from your employees’ eyes. This in turn will give you a clearer vision of what they need from you to be successful. In today’s complex workforce, where multi-generations work together to tackle tough problems (like making it… Read More »Empathy in the workplace: Get it right when it matters most
While many argue that the future of work is already here, the question remains where the workforce goes from here. Yes, the adoption of automation and other similar technologies has propelled society years into the future, but what happens when these tools take over human… Read More »Preparing Employees For The Technology Advancements
It shouldn’t come as any surprise, least of all to anyone who’s even remotely monitored the burgeoning big data ecosystem for the last couple years. The increasing quantities of data generated, the unequivocal majority of unstructured data, the growing number of external sources, and the… Read More »Caution: How Regulatory Pressure and Explainability Are Reshaping Big Data as You Know It
The current “she-cession” refers to the millions of women who have been forced out of the workforce in the past year, backpedaling decades of progress. Data has found that a quarter of working women are now considering downgrading their careers or leaving their jobs altogether.… Read More »Working Moms Are Getting The Short End Of The Stick
Just a little over a year ago, millions of workers flocked to central business districts across the country to get work done in crowded skyscrapers and office buildings. Now, employees have settled into the reality that is working from home, with a totally new outlook… Read More »How Companies Are Navigating Return-to-Office Strategies