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The Future of Work Hub is an award-winning initiative by Lewis Silkin combining curated leading-edge resources with insights and perspectives from HR professionals, prominent business leaders and thinkers, futurists, consultancies and commentators to support organisations to prepare and adapt to the changing world of work.
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The Future of Work Hub is an award-winning initiative by Lewis Silkin combining curated leading-edge resources with insights and perspectives from HR professionals, prominent business leaders and thinkers, futurists, consultancies and commentators to support organisations to prepare and adapt to the changing world of work.
This roundtable discussion looked at the opportunities ERGs present, the evolving issues and challenges, and strategies to overcome them.
The world of work is undergoing profound and extensive disruption. Large-scale trends are transforming work, workforces and workplaces. The legacy of the pandemic has combined with a tense economic and social landscape, presenting businesses with significant challenges. How can businesses best navigate this increasingly complex environment? And, if you are in HR and have people responsibilities, what are the key strategic issues and areas of priority action for 2024 and beyond?
As the working landscape continues to shift rapidly in response to world events, this comprehensive new Report provides a timely and important assessment of the key issues and challenges of the day that will impact on the world of work for years to come.
The regulation of AI is front and centre of the minds of policymakers around the World. Central to concerns raised about the rapidly increasing use of AI are the risks of bias and discrimination, particularly in the employment context. Lewis Silkin LLP look at how existing equality and data protection laws apply to these kinds of automated decisions.
Since the world emerged from the Covid pandemic, economies in richer nations such as the UK have faced skills shortages. A range of converging factors have resulted in many sectors experiencing too few workers for the available jobs. This report considers whether this situation is likely to improve in the longer-term. Looking ahead to 2050, the report explores whether a world of work with too few jobs or too few workers is likely to emerge.
One year on from the publication of our ‘Eight Drivers of Change – the future of work’ 2021 Report, the landscape of the world of work has altered significantly. Our new Report by James Davies, Partner at Lewis Silkin, reflects on the extent to which major events in the world, alongside evolving societal attitudes, advancing technologies and a shifting political landscape, have impacted on the key observations and themes identified in the 2021 Report. Importantly, the new Report looks forward to consider how the world of work will evolve in the years ahead and the implications for employers and their workforces.
As the working landscape continues to shift rapidly in response to world events, this comprehensive new Report provides a timely and important assessment of the key issues and challenges of the day that will impact on the world of work for years to come.
As the world of work adjusts to the lasting effects of the pandemic, organisations are increasingly being expected to act on emerging societal issues. People want to see companies take a position and support something more than corporate profits and are becoming increasingly active in advocating for change - businesses have little choice but to respond.
This article looks at what’s behind the rise in brand activism and considers related workplace and employment law issues.
This is the second article in a two-part series by Lewis Silkin LLP exploring the trends emerging from the pandemic in relation to the future of the office.
This is the second article of a two-part series by Lewis Silkin LLP. In this article we explore what motivates people to work and the opportunities and challenges that presents for employers in attracting and retaining talent. In our first article, we investigated the drivers behind the evolving labour market and the phenomenon often labelled the “Great Resignation”.
As we move away from the once habitual 9-5 office routine, this two-part series by Lewis Silkin LLP explores emerging trends in relation to the future of the office and considers how different organisations are approaching the role of the office in the context of new ways of working.
In the latest episode of our “In Conversation…” podcast series for 2024, Lucy speaks with Dr Vivienne Ming, a theoretical neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Socos Labs, a company dedicated to leveraging AI-driven research to maximise human potential.
In the seventh episode of our “In Conversation…” podcast series for 2024, Lucy speaks to Simon Roberts, anthropologist, author and co-founder of Stripe Partners, a consultancy firm which incorporates social and data science to give companies a deep understanding of the world, their customers and their organisation.
In the sixth episode of our “In Conversation..” podcast series for 2024, Lucy speaks to Giles Gibbons, co-founder and CEO of Good Business, a strategy consultancy firm with almost 30 years of experience advising organisations on purpose, behaviour change, sustainability and responsible business strategies.
While many organisations are taking positive steps to manage their social and environmental impact, the sustainability agenda continues to move faster than business’s rate of change. In this conversation, Giles explains how having a sustainability and responsible business strategy is good for business and why this is a growing area of focus for employees and wider stakeholders. Lucy and Giles explore the role of employee activism and regulation in driving corporate action in the sustainability space and the challenges that poses for businesses, particularly where views and opinions in the workplace conflict. Lastly, they explore practical ways employers can make impactful change.
In this fifth episode of our “In Conversation…” podcast series for 2024, Lucy is joined by fellow Lewis Silkin partners and co-heads of the Data, Privacy and Cyber Group, Alexander Milner-Smith and Bryony Long.
In this fascinating conversation, Alex and Bryony discuss a variety of emerging technologies, their use cases in the workplace and the potential legal and people-related risks that might arise. Some of these technologies are ones that many businesses are already exploring, such as the metaverse and ChatGPT. But Alex and Bryony also look ahead to evolving technologies such as neurotech, biometrics, empathic and semantic AI, and explore their potential impact on the workplace and what that might mean for workforce trust.
In this fourth episode of our “In Conversation…” podcast series for 2024, Lucy revisits a fascinating conversation she had on navigating and managing workplace conflict with David Liddle, founder and CEO of TCM Group.
Recorded in the immediate aftermath of the pandemic, this conversation from 2022 resonates with many of the challenges businesses are experiencing today. Growing societal divisions and tensions are increasingly spilling into the workplace, such that navigating and managing workplace conflict is emerging as a key business priority.
In the third episode of our “In Conversation with…” podcast series for 2024 Lucy is joined by Ben Willmott, Head of Public Policy in the CIPD.
Lucy and Ben discuss what “good work” is and why it should matter to employers. Ben highlights the importance of people management skills in creating trust in the employment relationship to develop a productive, resilient and sustainable work culture.
In the second episode of our “In Conversation with…” podcast series for 2024 Lucy is joined by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, CEO of 20-first, one of the world's leading global consultancies focused on balancing gender, generations and culture.
Lucy and Avivah discuss some of the key demographic shifts impacting the labour market and explore why generational balance needs to be a business priority. Avivah explains the importance of longevity literacy amongst workforces and leadership teams, and how a deep understanding of people’s differences will be key to any diversity and inclusion strategy.
In the first episode of our “In Conversation with…” podcast series for 2024 Lucy is joined by fellow Lewis Silkin partner Naomi Hanrahan-Soar.
Lucy and Naomi discuss the trends behind shifting migration patterns and what that means for the workplace. They explore how employers can harness the benefits of migration, while also addressing a range of challenges.
In this final episode of 2023, our podcast host, Lucy Lewis, Employment Partner at Lewis Silkin, reflects on the conversations she has had this year and draws together a range of insightful perspectives shared by her guests.
Lucy spotlights the key themes that emerged across her conversations - from the role of trust and employee voice in the workplace, to the four-day working week, the importance of organisational resilience, adapting to an ageing workforce, what the future of the platform economy looks like and the impact of automation and AI on jobs and workforce skills.
In the tenth episode of our “In Conversation with…” podcast series for 2023, Lucy Lewis, partner at Lewis Silkin, speaks to Shruti Singh, Senior Economist at the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs.
Lucy and Shruti discuss the impact of ageing populations on the world of work and how employers, governments and individuals can respond to demographic shifts and build productive intergenerational workforces.
Our new report explores the impact of four key areas – technology, demographics, sustainability, and geo-politics – on the world of work and spotlights insights from a range of experts on key strategic issues for businesses to consider alongside a set of priority actions to help businesses respond, prepare and build organisational resilience in the years ahead.
Megatrends drive longer-term societal, economic and technological change and provide a context for organisations to anticipate and respond to the effect of these trends on the world of work. However, unexpected disruptions can also have far-reaching and immediate impacts on business models and the workplace. The convergence of these major forces with unexpected drivers of change bring complex challenges for government, businesses and individuals.
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This roundtable discussion looked at the shifting demographics and how employers are navigating multi-generational workforces.
This roundtable discussion looked at the opportunities ERGs present, the evolving issues and challenges, and strategies to overcome them.
This roundtable discussion looked at the evolving relationship between employers and their people and explored emerging challenges and opportunities for employers as they take steps to link sustainability and a conscious approach to environmental issues to people strategy.
This roundtable discussion explored the trends driving increased flexibility in the workplace and considered a variety of different approaches to flexible working, with a spotlight on the four-day week.
This roundtable discussion explored the reasons behind the skills shortage and the barriers to attracting and retaining the best people.
The world of work is changing, adjusting to the lasting effects of the pandemic alongside longer-term, large scale drivers of change. One of the most pressing challenges for global employers is how to attract, retain and develop their people, with labour shortages now posing a big problem for businesses around the world.
This conversation in collaboration with The Collective by Lewis Silkin (TCLS) and the Future of Work Hub explored what the opportunities and pitfalls of purpose at work are. We discussed the current evolving employment relationship and the extent to which employees now expect their employer to take action and run a responsible business.
This LinkedIn live conversation in collaboration with the Future of Work Hub and The Future Laboratory explored what the 4C’s of future working are. We discussed how value and contribution will be measured in tomorrow’s workplace, and identified and unpacked the 4C’s that govern and guide them – contribution, collaboration, creativity and culture.
We hosted a discussion on “Technology, trust and the evolving employment deal” with a keynote address from Margaret Heffernan – an inspiring thinker, author, CEO and entrepreneur.
The conversation continued with insights from our panellists including Penelope Mantzaris, Senior Vice President at Edelman Intelligence, Jenny Shiers, Senior Director, Employee Success at Salesforce and Brett Terry, People Director at the NSPCC.
This online discussion series in collaboration with Lewis Silkin and the RSA looked at emerging trends and how employers can respond to build resilience and agility to thrive in the ‘new normal’. Click the link to read our post event discussion summaries.
This collaboration event with Renegade UK included a discussion and debate exploring the impact of an ageing workforce on the world of work and a discussion on the opportunities and challenges for organisations in addressing and implementing age-inclusive support.
This event included discussions and debate with our keynote speaker exploring the impact of technology on the world of work and a panel discussion on the opportunities and challenges for HR in harnessing people analytics to support the business.
We were joined by Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the RSA, Eugen Miropolski, MD of WeWork Europe & Israel, Ade McCormack, near futurist and digital strategist and Ella Bennett, Group HR Director at Home Retail Group for our event on 28 September 2017.
We hosted an event with Vodafone which looked at what is driving fundamental changes in the world of work and how businesses can adapt traditional ways of working to stay ahead.
This conference from Chatham House explored technological trends and how they reshape the future of work, forecasting key areas of job disruption and evaluating ways in which policy and business leaders can adapt regulatory and economic frameworks in response.
Information about our previous event 'Shifting Workforce Demographics - Rising to the Challenge'
Information about our event 'The Future of Work - HR and Policy Challenges'
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This roundtable discussion looked at the shifting demographics and how employers are navigating multi-generational workforces. See the report's executive summary here.