Employee experience must become ‘digital first’
Technology is an essential part of the ever-growing world of remote and hybrid working, and absolutely crucial to the employee experience
| Published: 31 August 2023
Will your future CEO be a bot?
A thought piece on the impact of generative AI on specialist occupations like CEO.
| Published: 30 August 2023
Time to address HR’s scepticism about AI
How HRs can take to making the most of AI and its benefits to their organisational skills and role.
| Published: 30 August 2023
What lessons must be learned from the Electoral Register cyber attack?
As the amount of data handled by businesses and HR professionals continues to grow, data privacy and security issues are also increasing in importance. Which is by leadership and HR professionals need to prepare and prevent such attacks like those seen in the news recently following the Electoral Register hacking incident.
| Published: 24 August 2023
Deeper skills insights equals better workforce decisions
‘Insights’ is one of those terms that gets bandied about in the human resources space. Everyone seems to want to go deeper, but not everyone understands what that means. It is my belief insights give HR and talent teams the ability to make better, faster, data-driven decisions and enable their organizations to become talent led.
| Published: 1 August 2023
How technology can bridge the gap between the office and frontline workers
In the contemporary workplace, where deskless employees typically make up the frontline workforce, communication, integration, connection, and cohesion can be major difficulties, leaving the frontline feeling like a separate entity, distinct from the rest of the business.
| Published: 7 July 2023
MACHINA – HOW IS TECH IMPACTING WORK? – PRINT – Issue 224 – June 2023 | Article of the Week
THAT TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES ARE POSITIVELY CHANGING THE WORLD OF WORK IS STATING THE OBVIOUS, BUT IT’S NOT ALL WINWIN. THE SPEED AND IMPACTS ARE CAUSING DIVISION AND DISAGREEMENT, AS JOB ROLES AND SKILLS ARE RAPIDLY BEING MADE EXTINCT AND TRADITIONAL LABOUR IS SUPERSEDED BY MACHINES. AI PLAUDITS ARE CONFIDENT THAT THIS WILL FREE UP PEOPLE TO FOCUS ON MORE CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE ELEMENTS - AND THAT A COHESIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH TECH WILL LEAD TO IMPROVED PERFORMANCE - BUT AS FOR THE PLAN TO RESKILL TOWARDS THAT CREATIVE HINTERLAND, THERE ISN’T ONE.
| Published: 28 June 2023
Navigating recessionary budget pressures for IT departments
IT directors are grappling with the need to accomplish their initiatives, while operating within shrinking financial constraints. The good news is that some of the largest and blue-chip businesses are already using a viable solution, and despite recessionary budget pressures, many companies still have the resources to invest for productivity and growth. Steve Hollingsworth, Director, Covenco, explores further.
| Published: 27 June 2023
Employee equity during the offboarding process
It goes without saying that companies need to deal with layoffs sensitively. If redundancies are badly handled, there can be many negative ripple effects, including damage to the engagement and motivation of the remaining team members. HMRC figures suggest that the number of UK equity schemes increased by 6% in 2021. So with more companies now offering equity to employees, equity is another consideration for HR and people teams to bear in mind when navigating layoffs.
| Published: 25 June 2023
How the tech sector can deal with its skilled labour shortage
Attitudes are changing throughout the workforce, and although money is important, and always will be, increasingly workers have other priorities when looking at job and career opportunities. Many employees are now seeking purpose and also developmental opportunities within their roles and as such those companies that put an emphasis on learning and development can benefit hugely.
| Published: 16 June 2023