future of work

Flexible working boom in ‘Red Wall’ towns could aid the levelling up agenda

Remote and hybrid working roles have more than tripled in towns and cities across the United Kingdom since January 2020,…

AI recruitment software excluding millions of qualified workers

Automated recruitment software is erroneously discarding millions of job applications from qualified candidates, according to new research. These so-called 'hidden…

Investments point to Zoom’s AI-powered vision for hybrid work

Zoom has announced the first companies to receive investment from its $100m start-up fund. The investments, which were revealed as…

JLL CIO Aftab Taylor on the ‘distributed yet digitally enabled’ future of the workplace

The future of work is a hybrid mix of remote and in-person collaboration taking place in a "distributed yet digitally…

How the pandemic gave cybercriminals the advantage

Hybrid working is the future. That, at least, is the message being broadcast by the government and businesses as the…

How freelance labour platforms will reshape the world of work

In the past decade, online platforms have transformed the way millions of workers find employment. The headlines have been dominated…

Algorithmic bosses are moving beyond the gig economy

The gig economy is ground zero for algorithmic management – where computer programmes crunch millions of data points to manage,…

Zoom fatigue: The dark side of the new hybrid model of work

The long-anticipated return to the office is beginning to become a reality, but it is unlikely that we will ever…

Covid-19 has exacerbated automation anxiety but fear of machines is nothing new

Over a third of British workers think the risk of their job being automated has increased over the past year.…

Shopify CEO: The Office is Dead

The CEO of NYSE-listed Shopify, an ecommerce platform provider, says it will keep offices closed until 2021 -- CEO Tobi…