I spent last week in Utah attending O.C.

There is an interesting paradox emerging in the workplace. The more capable our technology becomes, the more valuable our distinctly human capabilities may become.

I’ve been researching, writing and speaking about multi-generational workforces for a while, and at this week’s Influence Greatness conference hosted by O.C.

A new global study from O.C.

The HR leaders I listen to and speak with right now are fighting the same headline - cut 20-25% of the workforce because AI can supposedly do the rest. In my recent podcast chat with Kelly Monahan, Ph...

Same Old Arsenal Podcast · Episode

Most conversations about AI at work focus on what it can do. Danielle Farage - a leading voice on Gen Z in the workplace, a future of work speaker, and my co-host on the intergenerational podcast From...

I've been on a fair few podcasts over the years - as well as hoisting my own HR Means Business - but it’s often the conversations that end up somewhere unexpected that are the ones that stay with me. ...

The AI notetaker joins early, captures everything, and understands none of it. What happens when its summary becomes the official record?

The questions most organisations are asking about AI is the wrong one: What is AI doing to our culture? How do we manage the impact? How do we bring our people with us through the change? These are re...

There's a particular kind of insight you only get when someone who knows an industry inside out finds themselves navigating it as a candidate. Ken Ward has spent three decades in Talent Acquisition - ...

If you’ve ever watched a Baby Boomer express frustration at what they see as a lack of commitment from younger colleagues – or watched a Gen Z employee disengage the moment they feel in…

If you've ever watched a Baby Boomer express frustration at what they see as a lack of commitment from younger colleagues - or watched a Gen Z employee disengage the moment they feel invisible in a te...

Same Old Arsenal Podcast · Episode

Earlier this week I attended a conference hosted by the Institute for the Future of Work entitled 'Making the Future Work' in which a range of esteemed thinkers, speakers and panellists from the world...

One of the recurring themes in conversations about AI and work is skills. Usually, that means a familiar set of questions.

We know that there is no shortage of big claims about AI. Economic growth.

One of the recurring themes in conversations about AI and work is skills. Usually, that means a familiar set of questions.

Earlier this week I attended a conference hosted by the Institute for the Future of Work entitled 'Making the Future Work' in which a range of esteemed thinkers, speakers and panellists from the world...

For decades, research around happiness has suggested a predictable pattern: life satisfaction followed a “U-bend.” Young adults begin relatively optimistic, hit a slump in middle age, and then rebound...

We are now managing five generations in the same workplace simultaneously. People are working longer.

Most organisations have tried AI. Fewer have made it work at scale.

There's a concept that I’ve heard Suzy Welch, professor at New York University, describe as the "hope gap" - the growing distance between the effort younger workers are putting in and the rewards they...

If the European labour market feels confusing right now - that’s because it is. On the surface, the signals seem contradictory - hiring is slowing and budgets are tightening - but at the same time, sk...

There’s a familiar pattern playing out across organisations. Leaders are investing heavily in AI.

There’s a familiar pattern playing out across organisations. Leaders are investing heavily in AI.

In this week's Friday newsletter I'm writing about a recent #FromXtoZ podcast in which Danielle Farage and I talked about the rise of Workslop and how it might impact intergenerational relationships.....

Conversations within organisations about burnout are on the increase. Historically we have tended to look at rolling out a wellbeing programme, measuring engagement scores, and then find ourselves hav...

There’s a quiet revolution happening in workplaces. It’s not being driven by consultants, strategy decks, or leadership off-sites.

For decades, career success had a shape everyone recognised. You started at entry level, you climbed, and you measured your progress in titles, pay rises, the size of your team and the size of your of...

Workplace absence is one of those topics that quickly becomes emotionally charged. Leaders worry about productivity.

For decades, organisations have treated change as something that happens in stages. A restructure.

Across many developed economies – including the US, UK and Western Europe – owning a home has long been treated as a cornerstone of financial security and adulthood. Yet for younger gen…

The pace of workplace technology evolution has never been faster. AI has moved from experimentation to everyday use seemingly almost overnight, promising productivity gains, efficiency, and scale.

Over the recent break I took the the opportunity to revisit my HR Means Business podcast conversations on HR Happy Hour and to look at the themes and insights that connected the most listened to. You ...

The future of work isn’t short of opinions. What it’s often short of is honesty and research-based insight.

Across many developed economies - including the US, UK and Western Europe - owning a home has long been treated as a cornerstone of financial security and adulthood. Yet for younger generations, that ...

According to a new survey, polyworking is a growing trend as employees face increased financial pressure, debt and uncertainty.

Over the past two years, the conversation about AI in HR has shifted dramatically. What began as an exciting wave of experimentation - chatbots for hiring, automated screening tools, generative AI ass...

Most organisations try to recognise their people, but fewer are successful converting that recognition into loyalty though. That conversion moment is what recognition and reward specialists BI WORLDWI...

A recent survey claimed that nearly half of Gen Z plan to leave their jobs within a year, and more than half admit they took their current role knowing it would be temporary. The headline is design…

The UK’s The Daily Telegraph newspaper recently ran a piece titled “Work vs welfare: The battle tearing Britain’s youth apart.” It’s a powerful headline that would have played well with that newspaper...

If you still think career success is a ladder, then you’re reading the wrong advice. For Gen Z and Millennial talent, growth looks more like a web of experiences - skills, wellbeing, money, and purpos...

I recently wrote about the 2025 CIPD Health & Wellbeing at Work Report and gave my take on some of the findings. One of the findings I covered was that around a quarter of employees said that work has...

Author and Nobel prize winning economist Ronald Coase’s research and writing about firms and organisations, price systems and property rights, set an agenda for business structures that stood the test...

The 2025 CIPD Health & Wellbeing at Work survey gives us a fairly clear picture of how employees across the UK are really feeling - physically, mentally and emotionally - and how their working lives a...