Career Aspirations Post Pandemic: What Every Hiring Manager Needs to Know
Kate Carruthers Did an interesting chat recently with some lovely folks - Renée Gallant from @SheLovesData and Felipe Flores from @DataFuturology - about career paths and diversity in data.
management & leadership
Table Talk: What makes someone a compelling hire?
Yesterday I took part in a discussion at a Table Talk session for Microsoft Ignite on what makes a compelling hire. My co-hosts were Lars Klint, Robert Crane, Hamish Watson,…
Future proof your career – some tips for women
Spoke at a women in technology conference recently on the topic of how to future proof your career. It might seem strange that I hardly mentioned technology at all in…
Trade unions and the jobs free future
Background to the jobs free future and trade unions Recently I wrote about the jobs free future, where the traditional model of a job for life is dead and industries…
What does Leadership look like? Leadership, sexism, and misogyny
In recent times I have been feeling very depressed about the state of things including sexism, misogyny, and leadership. But a few days ago came a beacon of hope. This…
Change or die – business, competition, and the new world
With the changing business world it is a good idea to think about habitual business practices to ensure that we are not doing things that made sense for the past…
There’s a fraction too much friction! Customers, service, and staff.
While trawling around on YouTube recently I came across a 1980s video of Tim Finn’s There’s a Fraction too much Friction and it got me thinking about the things that…
A tech revolution that changes the way we organize work & the danger of digital serfdom
The old style company, that is the company circa 1880-2000, had firm boundaries and fixed hierarchies in order to function efficiently. But with the advent of digital technology and the…
When robots rule the world – the future of jobs in a hyperconnected world
Steve Hopkins was telling me recently about an interesting law firm he’d come across in San Francisco – it’s called Robot. Where lawyer and junior partner Tim Hwang and his…
What about CSR and the triple bottom line?
In response to yesterday’s post someone on Twitter, @dmanww, raised the very sensible issue of the triple bottom line, or as some might call it, corporate social responsibility (CSR). However,…