Category Future of work

Planning for tomorrow’s workforce, today

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Cory Steinle explores how automation, AI, and shifting market needs are transforming workforce planning. By combining task and skills intelligence with ethical AI, organisations can shift from reactive hiring to proactive strategy, redeploying talent, boosting agility, and making good people…

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The future of frameworks is integration, not competition

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Ben Satchwell explores why well-intentioned frameworks often cause confusion rather than clarity. Drawing on common mistakes and missed opportunities, he shows how better integration, rather than wholesale replacement, can unlock value. One global reference for digital skills, SFIA9, offers a…

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The future of work: Stop confusing performance with capability

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Many organisations confuse past performance with future capability – and it’s costing them. Ban Satchwell explains why relying on outcomes alone leads to flawed decisions, missed potential and ineffective people development. To build resilient, adaptable teams, we must treat performance…

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L&D’s moment to reboot management for a hybrid world

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Hybrid working isn’t broken; but it is being left to chance. Gary Cookson shows how L&D can fix it: define team norms, build purposeful onsite experiences, enable collaboration and management capabilities, and support individuals with real-time learning tools. Enabling hybrid…

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Revealed: Five surprising careers that will boom in the next decade

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The world of work is undergoing a transformation. Economic shifts and new technologies are creating demand for roles outside conventional career paths. From digital creativity to ethical judgement, success will depend on hybrid skills. Himanshu Agarwal explores five growth areas…

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Trust training: why screening is now part of the people development conversation

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Mathew Armstrong explores how AI-generated deepfakes are slipping into hiring and onboarding, challenging trust for everyone right from the very start. Screening is no longer just compliance; it’s about creating inclusive, intelligent processes that protect culture, improve learning, and strengthen…

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New data shows how AI is reshaping L&D

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Tommy Richardson explores new data highlighting AI’s growing role and enormous potential in personalising L&D. The shift couldn’t come at a better time. With engagement lagging and employees seeking more relevant development, AI-driven training offers tailored, adaptive experiences that boost…

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TJ interviews: Des Anderson, on reinventing the LMS, starting up, scaling and staying human

LearnUpon Co-Founder and CTO Des Anderson

Launching a people-first LMS from a kitchen table in 2012 was just the beginning. In this interview, LearnUpon Co-Founder and CTO Des Anderson reflects on: building for scale and support, leading with flexibility, and how AI can support learning without…

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L&D teams are the key to the AI and human skills double whammy

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As AI reshapes organisations, L&D professionals face a dual challenge: meeting growing technical demands while supporting behavioural change. Lynsey Whitmarsh explores how learning teams can use their unique strengths, connections, creativity, behaviour change and insights, to drive strategic reskilling and…

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From fintech to founder: one woman’s mission to rewrite the rules

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Danai Antoniou, co-founder and Chief Scientist at Gradient Labs, shares hard-won insights from her journey through systemic bias in tech. From salary transparency to challenging microaggressions, she outlines the practical changes leaders can make now to support the next generation,…

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