Former senior civil servants Kate Sturdy and Clare Dobson share lessons from training policymakers as AI moves from pilots to everyday use. They explain why prompting is a discipline, critical thinking prevents hallucinations, and the smartest officials know when to…
In The Platinum Workforce, futurist Trond Arne Undheim maps how AI, IoT and biotech could reshape jobs and spawn new roles. Catherine Dock reviews the book’s practical role frameworks, credible case studies and warnings about disruption for white-collar work, and…
With youth unemployment at its highest since 2014 and junior roles drawing 100+ applicants, employers can’t afford to pass on. Giles Smith argues we’re debating costs while the education-to-work system fails a generation. The answer is redesigning organisations for an…
AI is speeding up work while quietly eroding the early-career experiences that shape future leaders. As entry-level roles decline, judgement, emotional intelligence and organisational fluency have fewer places to form. Leena Rinne argues succession strength must be measured in capability,…
The AI boom is raising the bar for entry-level work while many employers cut their training offerings. Jonny Phillips makes the case for a national skills guarantee so people can build baseline AI capability and confidence. Practical, relevant support helps…
Julia Bersin joins Jo Cook to explore the rise of the supermanager and why AI transformation still depends on human leadership. As organisations rethink management layers, managers remain critical to trust, experimentation and adoption, helping teams turn AI investment into…
Chief Learning Officers are being asked to reinvent organisations, while AI rewires jobs and careers. The route is unlearning: letting go of ladders, fixed roles and ‘training as an event’. Dr Helmut Schuster and Dr David Oxley set out four…
Technology isn’t the blocker, work design is. Many organisations trap people in low-value tasks while layering AI onto old workflows. Johnson Wong argues leaders must shift from updating job descriptions to transforming how work flows at task level, prioritising high-impact…
AI adoption is racing ahead, but most organisations are blocked by people, not technology. Skills gaps, weak data fluency and shaky governance turn pilots into bottlenecks. Mehdi Paryavi explains how HR and L&D can build AI literacy, upskill leaders, embed…
Middle managers hold organisations together by translating strategy into everyday decisions, absorbing emotional tension and making meaning when work is messy. These capabilities are too often mislabelled as “soft skills”, leading to underinvestment and burnout. Gary Cookson argues that they…
