The future of work is agile

20 March 2019 By Alison Maitland I recently came across a company called ConsenSys that develops applications for blockchain technology. Its work model intrigued me. According to its website, the 1000+ employees around the world decide their own schedules, work...

How employers can keep pace with the work revolution

18 March 2019 Willis Towers Watson recently ran this article in their corporate and trustee briefing featuring my views on the huge challenges facing organisations in keeping pace with rapid changes in work and society, and how enlightened employers are responding....

How do we ensure that AI is our friend, not our foe?

19 Feb 2019 By Alison Maitland How vulnerable are we humans to smart machines? We got a nasty glimpse of the possibilities with the air travel chaos caused by drone sightings over London’s Gatwick airport in the busy run up to Christmas. The drone use was illegal,...

To drive inclusion in your company, engage with the world outside

16 January 2019 This article is the second in a series that Rebekah Steele and I have written on LinkedIn, focused on how organisations can do a better job of inclusion. By Rebekah Steele and Alison Maitland Amid the divisive social and political debate surrounding...

Hyping generational differences is unhelpful

5 November 2018 I’m starting to feel sorry for the so-called ‘Millennial’ generation. For years, they’ve been surveyed, sorted and categorised into a cohort with distinctly unappealing characteristics: the ‘Me’ generation,...