The People Space Contributors

I'm interested in value creation for business turnarounds and organisational transformation.

Business journalist and editor specialising in HR, leadership and the future of work. Co-founder and editorial director The People Space

I write and speak about evidence-based practice plus well-being, motivation and everyday work behaviour.

I love continuous learning and being inspired by great people leaders.

Academic, consultant on organisational behaviour, writer and broadcaster adept at communicating complex psychological and business concepts.

Changing the world by unleashing the power of people.

I am interested in leadership development and diversity & inclusion and passionate about evidence-based HR solutions and HR tech.

I’ve always believed that the practical and simple solutions are the best way for HR to add value. There’s an awful lot of pretentious nonsense out there and I will be challenging it!

CEO and founder of 10Eighty.

With more than 35 years experience in senior roles developing HR professionals, leaders and their organisations to be more successful I focus on what really works in day to day for leaders at all levels to achieve success.

Chief human resource officer and EVP at EXL: My expertise is HR and people leadership that increases shareholder value.

Thomas C Vandiver Bicentennial chair, professor and director, Center for Executive Succession at Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina: I study the chief human resources officer role and executive succession.

Chief HR officer at Leeds City Council: Interested in the personal health, happiness, well-being and engagement of staff in the workplace.

Professor of business at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan: My passion is for ideas with impact.

My research draws on moral philosophy, criminology, social psychology and neuro-cognitive science.

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I have a passion for creating high-performing organisations through building leadership capability and employee engagement.

Interested in collaboration on all people matters across all sectors.

Marketing professional with substantial experience in brand strategy, market segmentation, innovation and channel growth.

Personal confidant to many of the world's top CEOs.

Interested in creating a great place to work.

Award-winning writer, author and commentator specialising in HR and the ‘people’ aspect of work.

My passion is helping women progress in organisations.

Author, researcher and executive educator on leadership and change with media experience.

My expertise is in business transformation and change, driven by a passion for creating inspirational cultures capable of delivering world beating customer service.

I am interested in how organisations change and structure themselves and how implementation of change is always under estimated.

I am interested in how individuals, teams and organisations can become more resilient under pressure.

Wayne Gwilym is the former head of organisation development at Tai Tarian

Eternally baffled by the 'Digital Revolution' and AI.

I believe successful digital transformation fosters companies to breed completely new forms of education, collaboration and innovation inside their established structures.

HR director inspired by progressive and transformational HR.

Denise Kirwan and Robyn Tingley help organisations improve engagement levels, inclusion & diversity, leader development and strategic change management.

My passion is for 'choices creating extraordinary outcomes'.

A people person who is passionate about making work and business more human.

My vision is to build one million students as global leaders by 2030.

Curious about how we work.

Chief people and culture officer for Dorchester Collection: I am interested in diverse cultures and attitudes and disrupting traditional ways of thinking.

Director of HR for BBC Content BBC Studios: I have a deep interest in reading, travelling, eating out and economics.

Executive Director of Resources for the City of Edinburgh Council: I'm particularly interested in well-being, engagement and human capital/analytics.

Professor Rea Prouska, PhD, specialises in human resource management at Hult International Business School, UK. Her research focuses on developing theoretical and practical approaches to enhance work relationships, emphasising aspects such as employee voice, participation, and representation, as well as improving working life and conditions. She has contributed to organisational culture reviews for the London Fire Brigade and the Nursing and Midwifery Council and was recognised as one of HR’s Most Influential Thinkers by HR Magazine in 2023 and 2024.

Neil is a communication expert, author and co-founder of Solve Don’t Sell, a new venture with business leader Simon Wylie that helps agencies and consultants move from pitching to partnering. His latest book, In The Moment: Build Your Confidence, Communication and Creativity at Work (a finalist for Business Book of the Year), draws on his extensive experience bringing improvisation into business to unlock authentic connection and collaboration.

Premal Patel is managing partner for the Business Culture Awards MENA, where he leads efforts to recognise and elevate outstanding workplace cultures across the region. A trusted executive leader and expert in customer loyalty, personalised activation and data-driven marketing, Prem has built a career on a customer and people first philosophy. His leadership has spanned organisations including Sainsbury’s Group, NatWest, Riyad Bank, Visa and American Express. Passionate about coaching high-performance teams and mentoring emerging leaders, he combines commercial acumen with a deep commitment to creating cultures that improve lives and drive sustainable growth.

The Future Work Forum is a global network of thought leaders exploring how people, organisations and technology interact in the emerging world of work. Our unique combination of expertise brings leaders new perspectives on the best ways to approach the transformation of the world of work for their organisations. Most of our published thinking is a freely available resource to inspire the international business and academic communities.

The Forum is currently exploring the future of middle management and this article is a preview of some of the ideas that are being discussed. A more substantial report will be published in the next three months along with other short written items plus video and audio contributions. We are pleased to be a partner with The People Space in helping senior HR professionals to keep up with the rapidly changing world of work.

Josh is an analyst and thought leader specialising in the global talent market and the challenges and trends affecting business workforces around the world. He founded Bersin & Associates in 2001 to provide associated research and advisory services – a business he later sold to Deloitte when it became known as Bersin by Deloitte.

In 2019 he launched The Josh Bersin Academy, the world's first global development academy for HR and talent professionals, and he is currently the CEO of its sister research and advisory firm The Josh Bersin Company. He is author of Irresistible: The Seven Secrets of the World's Most Enduring, Employee-Focused Organizations

Dr Helmut Schuster is the former group HR director of BP PLC and chairman of the Board for Ivoclar Vivadent. He currently serves on the board of several dynamic start-up businesses including ExpectAI, a Greentech enterprise. Helmut is an active entrepreneur, investor and frequent contributor to leadership and AFS Cultural programs. He completed his PhD in Economics from the University of Vienna.

Dr Schuster is co-author of Artificial Death of a Career with  David Oxley

Dr David Oxley started his career as a management consultant before leading major people and corporate restructuring projects for BP PLC across Europe, USA, India, and the Middle East. He currently spends his time researching and writing on future career trends for publications around the world including Fast Company, Forbes and Big Think. David was awarded his doctorate in Organizational Change at Cranfield University and his MBA from the University of Notre Dame.

Kathi Enderes is a global industry analyst and SVP Research at leading future of the workplace advisory group, The Josh Bersin Company

Steven D-Souza is an award-winning educator, speaker, executive coach and best-selling author. He is a Senior Partner at Korn Ferry, one of the world’s top Executive Search and Organisational Consulting firms. Steven has a multifaceted life story, from training as a priest to building a portfolio career working in a start-up, an SME, an NGO and a top-tier banking and consulting firm. His book, Shadows At Work: Harness Your Dark Side and Unlock Your Full Potential, is out from LID Publishing on 18 September 2025

 Chetan Dube is an AI pioneer and the founder and CEO of Quant, which develops cutting-edge digital employee technology.

Stephanie Kelly is chief people officer at IRIS Software Group, a global provider of mission-critical software for HR, finance and payroll teams

Gaelle Devins is chief customer officer & member of the executive board at Breitling and author of Flow Leadership: Unleash the Power of People, Purpose and Performance.

Jess Baker is a chartered psychologist and author of The Super-Helper Syndrome: A Survival Guide for Compassionate People

Content from The People Space Team brings you curated updates, resources and partner perspectives on the issues shaping the people and work agenda

The AI-Centered Enterprise: Reshaping Organisations with Context Aware AI by Ram Bala, associate professor of AI & Analytics at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business, Natarajan Balasubramanian, Albert & Betty Hill endowed professor at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, and Amit Joshi, professor of AI, Analytics and Marketing Strategy at IMD, is now available from Routledge 

Katie Whitehouse is senior people director at US software company ServiceNow

Jodie Ratcliffe is HR director at Matrix Workforce Management Solutions

Roger Clements is chief growth officer at Matrix Workforce Management Solutions. 

Jon Stephansen is Armstrong Craven’s practice director – financial services. His article is featured in the current issue of AC Review, published twice yearly. Read the current edition here

Geneviève Houriet Segard, pictured below, is adjunct director at EDHEC NewGen Talent Centre

Katherine Kostereva, pictured below, is founder and CEO of Creatio. Since 2018 she has been ranked in The Top CEOs and Top 50 Women Leaders in SaaS. Katherine is also the co-author of ‘The No-Code Playbook’, a vendor agnostic framework on implementing no-code application (launching 4 October, 2022)

David Duffy is CEO and co-founder of Corporate Governance Institute, a global leader in the education and certification of existing and aspiring boardroom directors

Victoria Lewis and Richard Thompson are co-founder and directors at executive coaching and leadership development Odyssey Consulting

Caroline Ogawa is director, research, at Gartner

Tony Randle is partner, client tech & serv improvement, at legal firm Shoosmiths

Dr John Bates is the CEO of European content services leader SER Group and a non-executive director at UK-based accounting giant SAGE

Professor Uma Gunasilan is a distinguished academic leader and AI expert with over 23 years of experience. As the associate dean of research & AI Lead at Hult International Business School, and a member of i.AI =, a UK based AI think tank, she has driven significant improvements in academic satisfaction and employability through innovative AI integration and policy development

Aaron Harris is chief technology officer at Sage

Kate Bishop is chief human resources officer at IFS

Chris Griffiths is author with Caragh Medlicott of The Creative Thinking Handbook. Griffiths is also a keynote speaker and founder of productivity and mind mapping app ayoa.com

Dominik Tomicevic is the co-founder and CEO of European in-memory database and knowledge graph specialist Memgraph

Paul Anderson-Walsh is CEO of ENOLLA Consulting, formerly the Centre for Inclusive Leadership and a specialised consultancy with focus on human inclusion.

Jim Webber is ​​chief scientist at graph database and analytics leader Neo4j, co-author of Graph Databases(1st and 2nd editions, O’Reilly) and Graph Databases for Dummies(Wiley) 

Kristen Tronsky is chief people officer for DoiT International, a hyper-growth strategic partner, reseller and cloud management technology provider operating across more than 70 countries

Olga Valadon is a corporate empathy expert and the founder of leadership, strategy and culture consultancy Change Aligned®.

Daniel Strode is global director of culture and strategy at Santander and the author of The Culture Advantage (out now from Kogan Page). 

Greig Johnston is CEO at mobile and web development company  Vidatec

Dr Debbie Bayntun-Lees is professor of organisational development, DEIB and change at Hult International Business School

Réne Seifert is co-founder & co-head TrueProfile.io and chief digital officer at The DataFlow Group

Shlomo Ben-Hur is professor of leadership and organisational behaviour at IMD business school in Switzerland

Nik Kinley is a London-based consultant and coach specialising in leadership and culture. The second edition of Changing Employee Behavior was published in October 2023. His new book with Shlomo Ben-Hur, Rewriting your leadership code: How your childhood made you the leader you are and what you can do about it, will be published in April 2024.

Annette Andrews is the founder of Acaria Consulting  and former chief people officer for Lloyd’s of London, HR director at Lloyds Bank and Ford Motor Company. She is faculty lead of the Company of HR Professionals 2024 national leadership programme and a thought leader on conscious leadership

Terence Mauri is an expert on the future of leadership, artificial intelligence and disruption. His book, The Upside of Disruption: The Path to Leading and Thriving in the Unknown, is out now

David Ross is an international strategist, founder of Phoenix Strategic Management and author of Confronting the Storm: Regenerating Leadership and Hope in the Age of Uncertainty

Lord Mark Price is the founder of WorkL and WorkL for Business, and author of Happy Economics: Why The Happiest Workplaces Are The Most Successful (published by Kogan Page).

Catherine Garrod is the author of Conscious Inclusion: How to ‘do’ EDI one decision at a time and founder of Compelling Culture. She works with organisations to determine whether people from underrepresented groups are having the same good experience as people from overrepresented groups.

Bethany Ainsley is a corporate wellbeing specialist, coach and entrepreneur. She is CEO of OptiMe and author of Don't Burn Out, Stand Out

Dr Tanya Boyd is learner experience architect at Insights

Jeremy Campbell is people & business transformation expert and CEO of Black Isle Group

Jeremy Snape is the founder of Sporting Edge, a corporate coach and presenter of the Apple Chart top 10 podcast Inside the Mind of Champions

Jennifer Moss is an award-winning journalist, author and international speaker and author of The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It

Charlie Dawson, founder of The Foundation, and Seán Meehan, Martin Hilti professor of marketing and change management at IMD Business School are authors of The Customer Copernicus: How to be Customer-Led

Emily Singletary is career experience manager at Fishawack Health

Marcus Leaning is head of department for the School of Design and Creativity at Arden University

Cris Beswick is an author of two best-selling books on innovation and co-founder of OUTCOME

Andrew Jones is CEO of FT-ranked business agility consultancy Agility in Mind

Professor Dr Christian Busch, pictured below, teaches at New York University and at the London School of Economics, co-founded Leaders on Purpose and Sandbox Network and is the author of Connect the Dots: The Art & Science of Creating Good Luck

Karim Harbott is co-founder of the international training and consulting firm Agile Centre as well as the Business Agility Academy. He is the author of The 6 Enablers of Business Agility: How to Thrive in an Uncertain World (Berrett-Koehler, June 2021)

A professional bassist, Gerald J Leonard is the CEO of Principles of Execution (POE) and author of Culture Is The Bass: 7 Steps to Creating High Performing Teams and Workplace Jazz: How to Improvise

Jo Nayler is an HR and organisational development expert and senior research executive at Corporate Research Forum

Jennifer Bryan is a change and transformation consultant and founder with more than 25 years’ experience supporting organisations through complex organisational change. She is the author of The Emotional Side of Organizational Change: How to Survive and Thrive, which explores the human impact of change and how leaders can support people through it

Wayne Clarke is the founding partner of the GGI, based out of the UK/Netherlands. From 2007 until 2012 he was the managing partner of the advisory arm of Best Companies, who produce the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies lists. He is author of World Class Manager, an Amazon best-seller.

Alison Lucas (Randolph Partnership) and Lizzie Bentley Bowers (The Causeway Coaching) are executive coaches and facilitators working across the public, private and third sectors, primarily with board-level teams. They are co-authors of Good Bye: Leading change better by attending to endings. More information about their work is available at goodbyecoach.co.uk.

Neil Munz-Jones is an executive coach, consultant and facilitator who has spent more than 20 years helping people build effective professional relationships. He is the author of The Reluctant Networker, which draws on his own experience of finding a practical, realistic approach to networking that works for people who don’t see themselves as natural networkers.