Personal thoughts on Talent, HR and WorkTech trends....
If you ve ever watched a Baby Boomer express frustration at what they see as a lack of commitment from younger colleagues or watched a Gen Z employee disengage the moment they feel invisible in a team you ve witnessed something that looks like a values clash but is actually something more specific. It s a Continue reading Every Generation Signed a Different Contract. That s Why Your Workplace…
Every HR and Talent Acquisition conference right now seems to give roughly the same messaging AI is transforming recruiting. AI is revolutionising HR. AI is everywhere, doing everything, and the organisations that haven t fully embraced it are already falling behind. I recently interviewed my friend, co-author, and podcast host Matt Alder, on the HR Continue reading Making AI Matter in HR: Why the…
We know that there is no shortage of big claims about AI. Economic growth. Productivity gains. Transformed industries. Smarter services. New opportunities. Fewer inefficiencies. The final panel session I attended at the Institute for the Future of Work s conference on Making the Future Work bought many of these themes together. The headline figures were certainly Continue reading AI Adoption Is…
We are now managing five generations in the same workplace simultaneously. People are working longer. Change is moving faster. And the gap between how different generations experience that change is wider than most organisations are willing to admit. I recently spoke with Danielle Farage content creator, public speaker, my co-host on From X to Continue reading Why Intergenerational Conversations…
If the European labour market feels confusing right now that’s because it is. On the surface, the signals seem contradictory hiring is slowing and budgets are tightening but at the same time, skills shortages persist, competition for talent remains intense in certain areas, and AI is beginning to reshape roles in real Continue reading What Economic Shocks and AI Are Really Doing to the European…
For years, we’ve talked about visionary leaders at the top and empowered teams at the frontline. But in between sits a group that quietly determines whether strategy succeeds or fails: middle managers. In his forthcoming book The Squeezed Middle, Gary Cookson describes middle managers as the organisational “value zone” the place where strategy becomes Continue reading The Squeezed Middle: Why…
There’s a familiar pattern playing out across organisations. Leaders are investing heavily in AI. The technology is advancing rapidly. The possibilities seem endless. And yet… the results aren’t quite matching the ambition. That was one of the clearest messages from my recent conversation with Kyle Forrest from Deloitte, discussing their 2026 Human Capital Trends Report. Continue reading The…
There’s a quiet revolution happening in workplaces. It’s not being driven by consultants, strategy decks, or leadership off-sites. It’s being driven by the youngest generation in the room and the most progressive leaders are beginning to pay close attention. In a recent episode of the #FromXtoZ podcast, Danielle Farage and I explored what happens Continue reading What Gen Z Is Teaching the Rest of…
For decades now, many organisations have treated career progression as a straight line climb the ladder, reach the top, then step aside for the next generation. But as working lives now stretch well into our 70s and even 80s that model no longer fits the modern reality. By 2033, almost a third Continue reading Why Capability, Not Age, Should Define the Future of Work
For decades, career success had a shape everyone recognised. You started at entry level, you climbed, and you measured your progress in titles, pay rises, the size of your team and the size of your office. It was linear, hierarchical, and for the generations who grew up with it deeply motivating. Status was Continue reading The Career Ladder Is Finished. Here s What Gen Z Are Building Instead