When a small, New York City-based organisation advertised for a graphic designer to join its 70-person staff, over 500 people applied. When they later advertised for a receptionist, they had almost twice as many applications.
This organisation wasn’t offering above-average salaries, lucrative sto... 
The War for Talent: Finding high-quality talent will be the top challenge for HR leaders in 2019 (XpertHR)Integrating AI: 67% of workers believe they must develop their skills to work with intelligent machines (Accenture)The Rise of Social Recruiting: 79% of job seekers use social media t... 
We all know the workplace of the future will be very different from the workplace of today. But what will the workplace of the future look like? It’s more than just technology and automation – it’s about the environment you create for attracting the smart, talented, savvy people w...
I hear a lot of talk about leaders talking about their business or industry being disrupted, and they want to know how to deal with all this “disruption”.
I think that’s the wrong way to look at it.
Two decades ago, Harvard scholar Clayton (“Clay”) Christensen wrote the... 
We all know the workplace of the future will be very different from the workplace of today. It’s more than just technology and automation – it’s about the environment you create for attracting the smart, talented, savvy people with the skills we need for future-proofing our organi... 
A few days ago, I was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, presenting to a group of leaders in an organisation that’s going through a lot of change. Together with Dr. Shaun Ridley (from the Australian Insitute of Management WA) and Dr. Jenny Brockis (an expert in brain fitness and future thinking), we...
The Fair Work Commission recently added a new rule about flexible work in Australia that tips the scales in favour of employees. In a nutshell, if an employee wants more flexible working hours, their boss can’t automatically refuse it.
Even if this ruling won’t apply to you, it sh...