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Flexible, Remote and Hybrid Work
5 minute read
A dramatic single eye covered in part by an orange blindfold to suggest HR doesn't look deeply into remote work data
We think work from home is less productive. We also don’t check. That’s a problem
By Sian Harrington
Flexible, Remote and Hybrid Work
4 minute read
A clock divided into fifths with one fifth bursting out to represent the 4 day working week
The 4-day week works – but only if you change the work
By Sian Harrington
Talent Acquisition and Management
5 minute read
A black box representing AI sucking in people
Most AI in hiring is just sorting. Here's how to make it strategic
Talent Acquisition and Management
3 minute read
A candidate in a spotlight with a list of demands and stylised people around her
Hiring has slowed. Candidate expectations haven’t
Leadership and Management
5 minute read
A bold, symbolic vector-style landscape illustration featuring a central spotlighted figure standing confidently on a stage-like platform, surrounded by album-like panels unfolding behind them that echo transformation.The figure is anonymous but expressive: part silhouette, part shape.
What Taylor Swift can teach leaders about reinvention and trust
By Sian Harrington
Generational Workforce
4 minute read
A clean, modern vector landscape showing a group of diverse, stylised young people standing confidently at the edge of a soft, abstract workspace horizon.
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
Human figure and robot figure working behind each other with icons to represent collaboration on wall
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