How do phone booths improve the office? August 3, 2023 | Sponsored What are phone booths and what are the benefits? It is a reality that office workers spent a substantial part of their day making and receiving phone calls and whilst telephone calls are vital for communication in the workspace, it can be difficult to keep calls private and professional with the background noises of the [...]
Are office pods a good investment? August 3, 2023 | Sponsored Office Pods are becoming more popular because while it is true that most corporate environments favour open plan designs, it is also true that this kind of designs pose a big problem when it comes to privacy and silence. Open plan offices have a focus on collaboration, where all workers sit together in a single room [...]
Body Doubling Is The New Workplace Productivity Hack August 3, 2023 | Sponsored Do you find it hard to start tasks, not to mention complete them on deadline? Studies show that roughly one in five people globally are textbook procrastinators, while a 2019 report found that 88% of the workforce tends to procrastinate for at least one hour a day. Most of us do it to some extent. [...]
Hiring for Skills is One Great Way to Make The Workplace More Diverse July 27, 2023 | Sponsored Expanding the talent pool to skills-based hiring may be advantageous for companies on the hunt to recruit and retain top talent. A recent study showed that those recruiting based on a skills-first approach are seeing a dramatic improvement in the overall performance of employees. Relying solely on formal education and qualifications when hiring could be [...]
Workers in the UK spend less time in the office than any other country July 20, 2023 | Sponsored A new report shows that workers in the UK spend the least amount of time in the office each week compared to workers from other countries. In fact, we spend significantly less time in the office when compared to the global average, with 34% of Brits spending four days or more in the workplace compared [...]
Places, policies and practices for women at work July 18, 2023 | Sponsored DiverCity® Podcast · Places, policies and practices for women at work In this episode, host Julia Streets is joined by Sophie Creese, Founder of MotherBoard, and Eleanor Mills, Editor in Chief of noon.org.uk. They explore the current landscape of women at work; the ages and stages of women in the workforce: from mothers to ‘Queenagers’, which [...]
One Fifth Of UK Workers Are Using AI, Without Telling The Boss July 13, 2023 | Sponsored Generative AI developments are moving faster than most of us can keep up with. Recent data from the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) has found that public awareness of AI has increased over the past year, with 72% of adults now able to give at least a partial explanation of [...]
Hillingdon Is The UK’s Newest AI-ready Borough July 6, 2023 | Sponsored Artificial intelligence is the buzzword for 2023. Since ChatGPT’s arrival in late 2022, the concept of generative AI has exploded into the public consciousness, and adoption is rocketing. The platform racked up 100 million monthly active users in January, just two months after launch, which makes it the fastest-growing consumer application in history. It is [...]
Being and Belonging: Financial services and safety for the LGBTQ+ community June 27, 2023 | Sponsored DiverCity® Podcast · Being and Belonging: Financial services and safety for the LGBTQ+ community In this episode, host Julia Streets is joined by Billie Simmons, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Daylight, a queer-owned and queer-run members-only neobank and Geffrye Parsons, Founder and CEO (‘Chief Empathy Officer’) of The Inclusion Imperative, a best-practice Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & [...]
Regional representation, recruitment and retention: acknowledging and navigating early career inclusion June 26, 2023 | Sponsored DiverCity® Podcast · Regional representation recruitment and retention In this episode, host Julia Streets is joined by Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell, CEO of 10,000 Black Interns Foundation and the 10,000 Able Interns Foundation, and Philiip Olagunju, Head of Corporate Finance at PEM, the oldest and largest independent accountancy practice in Cambridge, UK. They discuss advocating for the unrepresented [...]