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Leadership and Management
5 minute read
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What Taylor Swift can teach leaders about reinvention and trust

By Sian Harrington
Generational Workforce
4 minute read
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Are you ready for Generation Alpha? What the next workforce really wants
By Sian Harrington
Leadership and Management
3 minute read
A conceptual vector-style landscape showing a winding path stretching across a vast, abstract terrain. The path is fluid and adaptive—curving, splitting, and rejoining—rather than straight. Small human figures appear at intervals along the path, navigating independently or in small groups, some pausing, some adjusting direction
The future can’t be predicted. Can it be led?
By Sian Harrington
Workplace Culture and Employee Experience
5 minute read
A symbolic vector-style landscape illustration showing a maze-like office floor seen from above, where most paths are dark and disconnected. One path is subtly illuminated, with a single small human figure standing at a crossroads

Your culture is the weakest link: Why cybersecurity starts with HR

By Sian Harrington
AI and Automation in HR
6 minute read
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AI in the workplace: A reality check for HR

By Sian Harrington
AI and Automation in HR
3 minute read
A desk with one half featuring laptop and data and other a coffee cup, paper and glasses
What ILO’s Global Index tells us about GenAI and jobs
By Sian Harrington
Workplace Culture and Employee Experience
6 minute read
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Work as content: How HR should respond to the rise of #WorkTok
By Katie Jacobs
HR and Future of work
4 minute read
A man with puppet strings being controlled by a digital interface
When the boss is an app: Gig economy workers are giving algorithms human traits
By Sian Harrington
Generational Workforce
4 minute read
A stylised Gen Z worker on laptop with icons to represent key wants in workplace today
Gen Z at work: Key insights on career values and expectations
Emerging Technologies in HR
3 minute read
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Why work is becoming a Web3 ecosystem, not employment
By Sian Harrington
HR Data and People Analytics
5 minute read
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Workforce analytics isn’t just about people. It’s about the work that delivers value
By Sian Harrington
Workplace Culture and Employee Experience
4 minute read
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Can AI make us happier at work?
HR and Future of work
5 minute read
A bold graphic of a person shining a light to illuminate the way forward in a series of dark clouds
Cutting through ambiguity: HR’s role in change
By Sian Harrington
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