This collection of articles from MIT Sloan examines the ways in which employers can empower their workforces to master new technologies and navigate evolving risks. The articles cover topics such as why the future of work requires disrupted, nimble leadership and how, guided by a new social contract, organisations can develop working models that deliver for their shareholders, employees and global communities. They explore what managers need to know as they build a future-ready workforce and what ‘work of the future’ means to business leaders, including integrating data and AI programmes, honing empathy skills, and meeting workers’ expectations and needs.
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Sustainability
McKinsey & Company explain that decarbonization will reshape the economy, opening new markets and imperil others. Now is the moment for companies to spot green growth opportunities and move boldly to take advantage.
This Stanford University 2022 AI Index report measures and evaluates the rapid rate of AI advancement to support decision-making, to help take meaningful action to advance AI responsibly and ethically with humans in mind.
This Ada Lovelace Institute report sets out the first-known detailed proposal for the use of Algorithmic Impact Assessments (AIAs). AIAs have the potential to set global standards for the development of responsible technology in the workplace and beyond.
This International Labour Organisation flagship report details the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on the world of work.
Collaborating closely across different business departments has always been an integral part of a people professional’s role, but this has become even more important to manage organisational change during the COVID-19 pandemic. From the transition to remote working to ensuring employee wellbeing, the CIPD explore how the people function has had a key role to play in leading transformation in the workplace.
After a year of unprecedented disaster and turbulence—the Covid-19 pandemic and economic crisis, the global outcry over systemic racism and political instability—the 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer reveals an epidemic of misinformation and widespread mistrust of societal institutions and leaders around the world. Adding to this is a failing trust ecosystem unable to confront the rampant infodemic, leaving the four institutions—business, government, NGOs and media—in an environment of information bankruptcy and a mandate to rebuild trust and chart a new path forward.
Responsible business has been steadily climbing up the agenda, driven by growing investor and regulatory interest in responsibility and sustainability, and an organisational focus on values and purpose. A shift in business practices is needed to ensure work is a force for good, and the CIPD calls for businesses to balance all stakeholders' needs and ensure employees benefit from the value created in our workplaces.
The CIPD’s annual snapshot of the people profession, produced in association with Workday, provides an up-to-date, evidence-based picture of practitioners’ experiences and challenges in the UK and Ireland over the last year. It explores the seismic changes in the workplace caused by COVID-19, including the difficulties of supporting employees’ mental health and managing performance during home working, but also how people professionals' have responded to these changes and challenges, with over two thirds reporting they have needed to upskill.
The COVID-19 pandemic has blurred the division between our work and family lives, and shifted what we value. It has also fundamentally reshaped our relationship with institutions including healthcare, the government and employers. This new reality requires a new approach from leaders. Increasingly, employees are challenging systems that have traditionally governed the workplace, such as presenteeism, hierarchical management and performance assessment.