WATCH The ever-insightful Jennifer Liston-Smith agreed to be cross-examined by me about this year’s Modern Families Index. I wanted to know more about the findings, and especially what we could…
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READ More than 24 months since the pandemic hit, I explain how businesses should address the challenges brought by unexpected changes to working practices It’s two years since the first…
READ. You hit send. One micro-task off the list. And added to someone else’s. Next! Perhaps it is unsurprising that, prompted by lockdown experience, many organisations are turning to messaging...
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READ As organisations mark International Women’s Day, they need to challenge assumptions that women make choices that hinder their careers, and focus on systemic bias instead. Many people believe that...
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WATCH In this webinar for Cranfield School of Management, I look at the case for true default flexibility, at what the government is offering via their consultation, and at what…
READ What is being consulted on is not default flexibility. Default flex means that all jobs are advertised with the available flexibility (if there is any) already designed in, to...
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READ Last week saw Equal Pay Day – the day when women effectively stop earning due to their pay gap with men – but also International Men’s Day. Organisations need…
The Government is hailing its proposal to make flexible working a ‘day-one’ right for employees as the way to make flexible working ‘the default’. But in reality, its plans fall...
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READ Will the spread of hybrid working be a tipping point for fathers? Will it deliver greater acceptability of flex? And greater take-up? Does the wish for equality at home...
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