Contribute to The People Space

We publish original, evidence-led insight that helps HR leaders stay Future Fit in a fast-changing world of work.

What We Publish

The People Space welcomes original, evidence-led contributions that help senior HR and people leaders understand what's changing in work and organisations, and what it means for the decisions they make.

We are an independent editorial publication and are selective about the articles we commission. We look for contributions that bring new knowledge, distinctive perspectives and practical experience to the issues shaping work today.

What we're looking for

We're particularly interested in contributions from:

  • HR and business leaders who can share first-hand experience of organisational challenges, decisions and outcomes, including what hasn't worked.
  • Researchers and academics with original findings or evidence that challenges established thinking.
  • Recognised experts and specialists with substantial experience, original insights or a perspective that advances the discussion.

We welcome different viewpoints and thoughtful challenges to conventional wisdom, including our own editorial perspective.

Our coverage spans AI and automation, HR's role in creating business value, organisational design, leadership, culture, talent, skills and changing models of work.

We're especially interested in the gap between how organisations expect work to happen and what happens in practice.

A strong contribution should help readers understand something they may have overlooked, question an established assumption or see how another organisation has tackled a difficult problem.

What we don't publish

We don't accept:

  • Generic thought leadership, familiar advice or broad summaries of workplace trends without substantial new insight.
  • Articles written primarily to promote a business, product, service or individual.
  • Unsupported predictions, unsubstantiated claims or opinion presented as established fact.
  • Shallow listicles or frameworks without convincing evidence or practical experience behind them.
  • Guest posts submitted for SEO or link-building purposes, or requests to insert commercial links into existing articles.

We consider contributions from consultants and commercial organisations where they offer genuine editorial value. Any relevant commercial interests or affiliations must be disclosed.

Commercial organisations seeking sponsored publishing opportunities should enquire separately about our Partner Insights offering. Sponsored content is clearly identified and remains separate from our independent editorial commissioning.

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Writing for our audience

Our readers include CHROs, HR directors, people leaders and others responsible for organisational change, workforce strategy and business performance.

They are experienced professionals looking for insight that helps them think more clearly and make better decisions. Please assume your reader already understands the basics.

We prefer articles that:

  • Have a clear central argument and explain why it matters now.
  • Draw on original research, reliable evidence or direct organisational experience.
  • Examine the complications and trade-offs involved, rather than presenting overly simple solutions.
  • Offer practical value without relying on generic lists of recommendations.

Our usual contributed articles are around 1,200–1,800 words, although we may commission shorter pieces where appropriate.

Please use UK English and an informed, accessible style. Avoid clichés, formulaic language, exaggerated claims and unnecessary jargon. Write in your own voice.

Use clear subheadings where helpful and provide links to original sources for research, data and quotations.

Our house style

All commissioned articles must follow The People Space contributor style guide.

Our style is clear, conversational and precise. We use UK English and have specific conventions covering punctuation, capitalisation, numbers and sentence structure.

Please read the style guide before drafting and check your finished article against it before submission.

We receive a high volume of contributed content and cannot undertake extensive house-style editing. Articles that do not broadly follow our guidelines may be returned for revision before they are considered for publication.

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Our policy on generative AI

We believe in original, human-led thinking. Generative AI can be a useful working tool but the ideas, argument, expertise and experience in anything submitted to The People Space must be your own.

✅ AI tools can be used to:

  • Help improve structure, grammar or clarity after original drafting.
  • Explore alternative wording or ways of presenting an argument.
  • Assist with analysing or summarising research, provided the original sources are independently checked.

❌ AI tools must not be used to:

  • Generate an entire article for submission.
  • Substitute for the contributor's own thinking, knowledge or professional judgement.
  • Invent examples, quotations, research, statistics, sources or experiences.
  • Present unverified AI-generated information as fact.

You are responsible for what you submit

All research, statistics, quotations and external evidence must be checked against reliable original sources before submission. Please provide source links or full references.

If generative AI has been used materially in preparing your article, please disclose this and briefly explain how it was used.

The use of AI does not automatically prevent publication. Our concern is the originality of the thinking, the reliability of the evidence and the integrity of the final article.

How to pitch an article

Please send us a short proposal rather than a completed article

Tell us:

  • Your proposed subject and central argument.
  • Why it matters to senior HR and people leaders now.
  • What original research, evidence or first-hand experience you can bring.
  • Why you are well placed to write about the subject.

We commission and edit all contributed articles and retain final editorial control. We may suggest a different angle or approach before agreeing to proceed. Publication is not guaranteed.

If an article is commissioned we will also request a short author biography of 50–80 words, a high-resolution photograph and details of any relevant professional or commercial interests.

We receive a large number of approaches and cannot respond to every submission. If we're interested in taking your proposal forward we'll normally be in touch within four weeks.

Send your proposal using the form below.

Send in your submission

Please send your article proposal – include the central argument, why it matters to HR leaders and the original evidence or experience you bring.

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