How will AI affect journalism?

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When talking about the effects of AI on the labour market, most focus has centred on those jobs and industries in which human participation at anything below supervisory level will be made redundant. Primarily, these are jobs requiring either a high degree of technical ability or, conversely, none at all. For the former, we might […]

Recommended Reading: Volume II

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We are bombarded with news and social media every day. As a society, we’ve lost the appreciation of holding a book in your hands, getting lost in the pages as you turn them. I find solace in reading a good book, especially when it inspires me or teaches me. I recommend picking up a book […]

Building Trust

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The challenge of building trust as a leader and a business has never been more difficult. So what exactly do you need to do, to achieve it? Below are some thoughts on the building blocks for trust. Be yourself… “…everyone else is already taken,” said Oscar Wilde. Despite our dreams of being Wilde, Maitlis, Guscott, […]

How to Maximise Sales This Christmas

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As we head into the peak retail season, I can’t help but wonder how businesses are going to cope with these recently increased controls. The eight weeks of peak trading deliver the annual profit for most retailers and many in hospitality and therefore, it is essential to get this right. This year, we won’t be […]

3 Attributes We Look for in Unicorn Candidates

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Dependent on which management book I read, the view on which attributes I should be looking for in a C-suite appointment differ greatly. Some advocate the servant leader, others the military driver. Whilst we all agree on having someone to drive the bus, the variables of who that should be are infinite. The perennial joke […]

Hiring for fit: how to choose the right executives

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Hiring for fit rather than technical ability is becoming more usual in organisations with a deficit of particular skills. Whereas once it would have been impossible to gain an interview without ticking every box on the job description, it is increasingly common for companies to recruit people who fit cultural parameters and have leadership or […]

14 Ways HR is changing and how you can stay ahead of the curve

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HR is changing. Human Resources Directors need to be on top of their game to get the very best out of today’s fluid and demanding workforce. Human Resources. You know, that unfamiliar team sandwiched in the far corner of the office. The faces of which you see only twice (hopefully) during your tenure at a […]

Why Chief People Officers (CPO) are taking over HR

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Remember when the human resources department was a back-office team that you only ever heard from when someone was joining or leaving the company? HR has come a long way from those days. Evolving trends in the HR landscape are now demanding a new, more strategic approach to HR practices. Firms are realising that caring […]

Recommended reading for leaders

  By Orlando Martins, CEO and Founder. In my line of work reading, researching, analysing and adding context before drawing conclusions is a key part of the job. There is one part of the job however that I am starting to lose patience for and that is the digesting of pseudo-academic papers that go on […]

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