Business & Industry
Future of Work 2021
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Why improving digital skills is crucial to business growth
Technology is transforming businesses, so it is essential employees have the right digital skills for today and for the future. Businesses risk being held back by a shortage of tech skills and they need to act now to reskill and upskill their workforce. As organisations plan for a digital future post-pandemic, many of their employees...
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Why data-driven businesses make the best decisions for their people
The effective use of data is key to helping a business attract, retain and engage the right talent needed to drive growth and remain agile and resilient. What are the most important areas of focus on the people agenda for businesses in 2021? They’re largely the same as they have been for years, says Justin...
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Quality audio is critical to today’s hybrid worker
Technology is at the heart of a new standard of professionalism demanded by hybrid working. Businesses want audio and video solutions to help maintain standards, while benefitting from a mix of remote and office-based working. The impact the events of the last year have had on our professional lives cannot be underestimated. Eighteen months ago,...
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Why businesses need to adapt their processes to bridge the skills gap
Distributed and remote working has grown during the pandemic. It isn’t going away either because it enables companies to fill the skills they need to thrive. James Milligan has worked in the technology industry for 21 years, but he’s never known a time like the last 14 months. “Organisations have had to change so much...
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Technology drives demand for skills and workers
In a world with increasingly innovative, fast-changing technologies, people with a lifelong learning mindset are more adaptable and versatile, and generally enjoy better outcomes. When many of today’s workers completed their formal education, technologies such as Zoom, PowerPoint and Slack did not yet exist. As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, individuals who had pursued learning outside...
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The office – reinvent and return
Vaccination has made a return to the office possible, but things need to be different to get the full benefits of hybrid working. The vaccination program and lockdown easing make a gradual return of knowledge workers to the office increasingly feasible. However, a study of previous pandemics suggests that things are not going to be...
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How your employer can support your transition back to the workplace
The way we work has changed immeasurably since the pandemic began. With many employers gradually moving to ‘hybrid’ working, staff wellbeing must be prioritised. We regularly survey staff across a range of employers of different sizes and sectors as part of our annual Workplace Wellbeing Index – our benchmark of best policy and practice when...
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Rethinking digital skills training – a post-pandemic plan
Research from Nesta indicates that, as a result of technological progress and changing demographics, more than six million people in the UK are currently employed in occupations that are likely to change radically or disappear entirely by 2030. Those sectors which are most vulnerable to these shifts also show overlap with those hit hardest by...
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How can workplace design better accommodate neurodiversity?
As we consider how we can build our offices back better, we must also be conscious of how we can accommodate overlooked forms of diversity in our office design, such as neurodiversity. Neurodiversity refers to variation in the human brain which may affect sociability, learning, attention, mood and other mental functions. This can appear in...