Why frontline work is AI's biggest opportunity
The frontline holds AI’s greatest opportunity but HR remains unprepared. See what the research reveals and how a frontline-first shift can improve experience, efficiency and business outcomes.
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A decade of the Business Culture Awards shows culture is a choice. Here’s how the 2025 winners are reshaping workplaces where people and performance...
Human development follows a steady rhythm even as technology reshapes work. Understanding the five stages of adult development helps HR leaders design...
Hybrid work has redefined how and when employees are heard. New research from Hult’s Professor Rea Prouska reveals how digital distance is reshaping...
Farley Thomas argues that we’ve idolised leaders and ignored managers – and it’s costing organisations their performance edge.
Discover why work from anywhere isn’t a lifestyle perk but a powerful talent strategy reshaping global hiring and hybrid work models
Toxic workplaces aren’t caused by bad people but by broken systems. The People Space explores how fear, fairness and power shape culture and why...
AI is powerful but limited. From empathy to judgment and true leadership these are the human skills HR must prioritise in hiring and training for an...
HR’s outdated KPIs are broken. With trust in performance management collapsing, discover how people-centric metrics and training can shift reviews...
We put CEOs on a pedestal yet culture and performance are shaped elsewhere. Farley Thomas argues the real levers of engagement sit with managers, not...
Shadows – the unconscious parts of ourselves we deny or suppress – show up at work whether we like it or not. They influence leadership, fuel conflict...
Empathy makes leaders more effective but when it goes unchecked it leads to exhaustion, resentment and even driving HR talent out of the profession...
The Business Culture Awards 2025 finalists demonstrate how culture drives performance, resilience and innovation in today’s changing world of work...
Solving the productivity crisis with a blended workforce
As organisations face flat productivity and skill shortages, new insight from Matrix and The People Space explores how integrating human and AI talent can drive performance and agility.
The Mix
The Mix is our curated collection of stories we love – big ideas, lasting lessons, fresh perspectives
What can HR and business leaders learn from Taylor Swift? Siân Harrington and HBR’s Kevin Evers explore how the pop icon’s strategy, reinvention and...
Most firms don’t measure remote work productivity but still assume it’s lower. New data shows HR must rethink performance, not just presence
Trusted CHROs make or break CEO transitions. New research reveals 7 ways HR leaders can help boards avoid succession chaos and future-proof leadership
IRIS embeds AI by empowering employees through hands-on learning, ethical guardrails and grassroots innovation led by HR, not just tech teams
AI hiring shouldn’t be a black box. Learn how HR leaders can use AI for smarter, fairer decisions, with lessons from Unilever and a new 3C approach...
A global trial shows 4-day weeks boost wellbeing, but only when companies rethink meetings, workflows and how work actually gets done
Designing AI for better jobs, not fewer
Automation is not inevitable. HR leaders shape how AI affects work. Learn how to design AI projects that improve job quality, trust and long-term productivity
Expert Insights
Our Expert Insights feature perspectives from organisations across the HR and work landscape. These contributions share their views on trends and practices shaping the future of work.
Neil Mullarkey explores why the future of client relationships lies in solving, not selling. He shares how discovery, storytelling and the improviser...
They’ve been blamed for bureaucracy and inertia. But as organisations race to balance human and AI strengths middle managers could be the key to...
Workplace culture in the Middle East is entering a new era – one defined by inclusion, innovation and human-centric leadership
The Transformation Myth: Why Big Change Fails in Real Life
In this episode of Work’s Not Working… Let’s Fix It!, Siân Harrington sits down with Tom Kegode – former People & Places Culture Transformation Lead at Lloyds Banking Group – to challenge one of the most overused ideas in corporate life: transformation.
From the Archive: Still Shaping the Conversation
Handpicked from our archive, these most-watched videos still offer sharp, relevant insight for today’s HR and people leaders
Rob Briner, professor of organizational psychology at Queen Mary, University of London and a leading voice in evidence-based HR explores the critical...
Humans are not factory objects, says Josh Bersin, global thought leader and author of Irresistible: The Seven Secrets of the World's Most Enduring...
Do you know where you should prioritise your human capital investment to deliver the results that matter to your company? The People Space editorial...
Four priorities that will define the CHRO agenda in 2026
From AI’s impact on HR itself to the quiet erosion of workplace culture, The People Space discusses Gartner's four priorities that will test CHROs’ courage and clarity in 2026 and why, despite feeling stretched thin, HR’s adventure is only just beginning
Future Fit HR in Action
Because the future of work won’t wait – here’s how we help you stay ahead!
AI vs the human coach: where technology wins and where it fails
Siân Harrington explores where AI coaching wins, where human coaches remain essential and what the future of hybrid coaching looks like
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Free, practical guides, courses and masterclasses to help forward-thinking HR and people leaders stay ahead and take action
Work as content: How HR should respond to the rise of #WorkTok
#WorkTok, where employees share layoffs, quitting and culture is turning work into content. What does this mean for HR?