Why diversity and inclusion is essential for every marketer City Talk According to a 2019 survey from Google and The Female Quotient, after seeing what they thought was genuine diversity and inclusion in an ad campaign, 64% of consumers took action. That’s a clear sign that focusing on diversity and inclusion is not only the right thing to do, but also the smart thing to do. [...]
How to build the best digital marketing team City Talk No matter the size of your organisation, it’s increasingly important to have a strong digital marketing strategy. And finding the right people to create and effectively execute that strategy is key. But where to start, especially if your marketing team is a team of just a few people or even no one at all? Here [...]
How upskilling your HR team can help you overcome challenges City Talk Through the challenges of the last year and a half, HR teams have arguably never faced this much pressure. Back in early 2020, more than half of HR professionals were already reporting that their organisations were hiring less. They were also spending less on contract workers and redirecting spending to support their existing teams. That [...]
How a combination of skilled people and AI will shape tech and telecoms August 5, 2021 Machines will undertake more tasks than humans by 2025, compared to 71 per cent being performed by humans in 2018. Although this finding, from the World Economic Forum, might seem scary, the good news is that the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) could create 58 million ‘net’ new jobs. But if you’re in the tech [...]
Is learning tech capability in L&D holding it back? July 8, 2021 No matter your role on the learning and development team or the makeup of your organisation, it is important to consistently review and evaluate innovative technologies, tools, and trends to see if they make sense for your organisation. Technology changes rapidly, and if you do not keep up, you will be left behind. Learning technologies [...]
Embed learning into your work to discover its true value July 7, 2021 If you are trying to recruit and keep the best talent – and who isn’t – opportunities for professional growth and a culture of continuous learning are very appealing. They can set you apart from other organisations as an employer and investing in employee knowledge can lead to significant returns. One of the best approaches [...]
How to make a hybrid workforce work for you July 6, 2021 Should your team be working from home or in the office? Or a mix of locations? Hopefully the answer to this question will – very soon – be able to be determined solely by an organisation of its own accord rather than because of a need to follow Covid-19 guidelines. But even before the pandemic, [...]
Defining the skills gap with Avado’s Beyond Skills report June 1, 2021 Last month, we launched our Beyond Skills report. We surveyed more than 1,000 executives and senior leaders across several sectors to assess the growing capability chasm. We found that more than 3/5 of business leaders agree that the events of 2020 have widened the skills gaps in their businesses. We also found that, across the [...]
Why the Covid Recovery Commission is right to put focus on skills June 1, 2021 The need to invest in the skills of the future is among one of the five areas of focus in a recently published report by the Covid Recovery Commission. The commission is an advisory group and policy panel studying the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on businesses and innovation. Its ‘Building Back Together’ report, which [...]
Agility jargon buster: Decoding words used to describe agile working June 1, 2021 As trains and roads start to get busier as workers return to offices – for at least some of the week –agile working is top of mind for most employers and employees at the moment. Especially since lots of organisations are using a hybrid model, with teams both in and out of office, requiring extra [...]
