ManpowerGroup’s global career and talent development arm has come out strongly in favour of increasing ‘career mobility’ following the publication of its study, which found that 20% of employees are stuck in the wrong role, doing work they are neither motivated by, engaged with or productive in. The study, byContinue Reading
Employees are calling for an education revolution in business, driven by digital transformation – according to a report launched at the beginning of this month. A report by business consultancy and personalised learning providers The Ludic Group gives us a glimpse into the future that employees want; one in whichContinue Reading
Many of the articles that talk about the oncoming Fourth Industrial Revolution focus on the the roles that are most likely to be lost – driving taxis, working on assembly lines, even filing accounts. Only last month there was news of a breakthrough in the capacity of learning machines: Alphabet’sContinue Reading
The launch of the Social Mobility Employer Index marked an exciting evolution in the world of work; one in which employers begin to develop detailed, systemic metrics – set either by the industry or internally within the business – that track exactly how effective their inclusion initiatives are in creatingContinue Reading
Waking up to a hung parliament is a strange experience; feelings of uncertainty mix with a sense of hopefulness for a new direction. Either way, the British electorate has sent a message for this General Election – that all parties need to work harder to gain a unanimous vote ofContinue Reading
There have been a number of interesting topic cropping up from voices exploring the intersection between the future of work and the future of learning, so I have decided to start pulling what I see as the highlights together in a blog called posts of the month. The aim isContinue Reading
It’s easy to forget, with discussions raging today about the disconnect between the future of work and education; that centuries ago, there was arguably a more seamless link between the two: the advent of the first industrial revolution also saw the introduction of the 1833 Factory Act, which mandated that childrenContinue Reading
Imagine the challenge. You’re a 15 year-old from a disadvantaged background with no established networks, but a desire to break into an industry that is highly reliant on them. Like publishing or advertising agencies. You could theoretically look at LinkedIn, but this requires you to create an online CV listingContinue Reading
American trend research company Pew Research has been publishing warning signs since 2008, with its seminal paper:When Bad Times Hit the Good Life in which it demonstrates how increasingly large numbers of middle income people in that country were not making economic progress: if anything, they were falling behind. Years later, Pew releasedContinue Reading
Accelerators – a phrase used to refer to fixed-term, cohort-based programs, that include mentorship and educational components – are most strongly associated with tech-driven startups. However Zahra Davidson, the co-founder of Enrol Yourself spotted the opportunity to apply this process to an emerging yet increasingly important demographic of people inContinue Reading