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Charlotte Eaton: ‘The chance to shape the future, people’s lives and work is a real thing at Arm’
Being chief people officer at such a fast-moving, high-tech firm is not for the faint hearted. But it’s also an opportunity for HR to be involved in the most critical debates, demonstrate cutting-edge innovation and keep humans at the heart of everything
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Charlotte Eaton: ‘The chance to shape the future, people’s lives and work is a real thing at Arm’
Being chief people officer at such a fast-moving, high-tech firm is not for the faint hearted. But it’s also an opportunity for HR to be involved in the most critical debates, demonstrate cutting-edge innovation and keep humans at the heart of everything
Parmy Olson: ‘This is an industrial revolution that gets us to outsource critical thinking’
The journalist’s latest book explores how, while big tech distracts with warnings of an AI-fuelled apocalypse, more immediate issues around disinformation, bias and skills go terrifyingly unaddressed
Keon West: ‘Science is the best way to manage anything where the outcomes matter’
The case for EDI and tackling racism has long been made by appealing to emotions. What we need, says the University of London professor, author and broadcaster, is data and facts
Alex Edmans: ‘You don’t need a PhD in statistics, just the discernment you already have’
It has never been more important to beware dodgy data, says the London Business School professor and author, with EDI interventions particularly crucial to interrogate in today’s climate
Kerri O’Neill: ‘The right to be offended is a sign you live in a true democracy’
Ipsos sits at the heart of political polling and much more besides. The market research firm’s HR lead explains its powerful role in tackling misinformation and revealing what people really think
Daniel Susskind: ‘In the 21st century, the best ideas will come from AI’
The leading academic shares his thoughts on encouraging tech that enhances rather than replaces humans, and the vital balance between degrowth and economic expansion at all costs
Jane Datta: ‘Leading HR at NASA was the best job on planet Earth’
Mars missions, orbital telescopes, battery-powered aircraft – the world-famous space agency’s former chief human capital officer supported the teams delivering these and more
Charmaine Griffiths: ‘My passion is research – but I love selling a sofa’
Successfully leading the British Heart Foundation is about appreciating both its scientific and retail sides, says its CEO
Amy Edmondson: ‘Bad choices aren’t the same as good failures’
Basic errors are very different to mistakes that help us progress – but how to tell them apart?
Ann-marie Murphy: ‘HR has been sitting on important data for years’
Most won’t have heard of the company behind Upper Crust, Ritazza and more, but SSP’s HR boss is determined linking customer and employee insights will help all its brands deliver the best part of any trip
Neil Mullarkey: ‘Businesses need sexy weirdness’
Organisational success is increasingly about thinking outside of the box and risk taking – but how to foster these skills? Improv might just hold the key
Nazir Afzal: ‘Organisations are in denial about racism’
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Now a culture review chair, the Crown Prosecution Service’s former chief prosecutor has made a career out of calling out injustice and amplifying marginalised voices. The key, he says, is to really listen
Alison Taylor: ‘Stop treating responsible business as PR’
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The clinical professor at NYU Stern School of Business and author explains why businesses can’t solve all of society’s problems and must instead focus on specific, achievable ESG goals
Uzair Qadeer: ‘I knew nothing about how the BBC worked – but I knew it stood for truth’
An American from big pharma might seem an unlikely candidate to be the Beeb’s next chief people officer – one of the UK’s trickiest, most-scrutinised HR roles. But fresh eyes and enthusiasm may prove just the job
David Halpern: ‘Businesses are absolutely in the nudge business – they just don’t know it’
The Behavioural Insights Team president on the power of disruption, evidence-based HR, and what ‘choice architecture’ actually is
Latest research
Zoom fatigue not ‘a thing’, study reveals
Contrary to previous studies, new research finds no evidence to support the concept of online meetings being any more exhausting than those in person
Are you a bootlicker or a boatrocker?
Staff who speak up and challenge the status quo can enhance business performance, research has found. But be warned – your boss might see this as a threat to their leadership
AI disclosure can actually harm trust, research finds
Ethics discussions often conclude that revealing usage is best. But transparency can backfire, underlining the importance of HR creating environments where using AI is seen as valid
How nosy is too nosy?
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The impact of curiosity (or should that be prying?) on team dynamics and performance at work
Juggling lots at home makes you more effective at work, study reveals
Those who proactively manage and reorganise family routines are more likely to demonstrate adaptability and innovation in their jobs
Violence prevalent in UK workplaces, research finds
A shocking proportion of employees across all industries have experienced threats, insults and physical attacks
Can you form a psychological contract with a bot?
With the rise of app-based gig working, HR must consider the extent to which people may attribute human qualities, including thoughts and motives, to the algorithm governing their work
Idea stealing rife in many organisations
Despite ‘knowledge theft’ creating toxic working environments, 91 per cent of participants in one study reported being a victim or a perpetrator or witnessing it happen
Poor video call audio makes you seem unintelligent
Hybrid workers and virtual interviewees beware: laptop microphone quality can impact others’ perceptions or your credibility, employability… even desirability
Beware the leadership theory fad
Coaching leaders in every trend-based style only creates confusion – better to take a simple strengths-based approach
Diverse teams generate fewer usable ideas
Differing viewpoints produce more original solutions, but also more friction when it comes to implementation
Skilled professionals most prone to ‘mid-career crises’
You’ve heard of the midlife crisis, now research shows plummeting job satisfaction in people’s forties and fifties may be contributing to early withdrawals from the labour market
Office-based staff are more innovative than remote
Workers solely based at home come up with a greater number of, but lower quality, ideas
AI surveillance makes workers less productive
Staff complain more and are more likely to quit than if overseen by a human – unless the tech supports their development
What golf can teach us about multitasking
Checking emails and taking work calls can be a serious distraction when your focus is meant to be elsewhere
Features
Could Horizon ever happen again?
The human cost of the Post Office IT scandal spans financial ruin, wrongful imprisonment and suicide. Work. magazine explores the toxic combination of groupthink, anchoring bias and blind faith in technology behind one of the gravest miscarriages of justice in British history
Where does HR come from? A brief history of the people profession
From its origins in welfare to its digital reinvention, the story of HR in the UK is simultaneously the history of an economy in search of an identity. The CIPD's Work. magazine spoke to a group of experts about their own perspectives on the past century
Sathnam Sanghera on why workplaces aren’t finished
In an interview with the CIPD’s Work. magazine, the journalist and author talks about leaving London for lockdown, and why he is taking on the British Empire
What exactly is Jeff Bezos trying to prove?
Disruptive visionary, digital titan and rocket man, Amazon’s founding genius is, Paul Simpson predicts, destined to butt heads with regulators
Every man for himself: is employee engagement reaching its full potential?
Being all in it together is intrinsic to employee engagement. But in an age of individualism, should we measure workplace satisfaction differently? The CIPD's Work. magazine finds out
What if? podcast
CIPD HR People Pod #30: Enabling high performance working with Matthew Syed
In the first of two episodes, the CIPD's director of profession David D'Souza and broadcaster Matthew Syed investigate the enablers and barriers to high performance working and the factors for individuals and teams to consider to achieve better performance outcomes
CIPD HR People Pod #29: unfair dismissal, hybrid working and graduate jobs
The CIPD's Amy Crutchfield is joined by a panel of experts to discuss the latest HR headlines – from whether or not the qualifying period for unfair dismissal protections should be capped, to how AI is impacting the latest wave of graduates entering the job market
HR People Pod #28: Hilary Scarlett special – neuroscience for organisational change
CIPD director of profession David D’Souza is joined by author, international speaker and consultant in the field of neuroscience and change management Hilary Scarlett to discuss the right time to communicate organisational change, and whether a better understanding of neuroscience could help to manage the change process more effectively
CIPD's HR People Pod #21: juggling core priorities, AI and progression and body doubling
CIPD director of profession David D’Souza is joined by a panel of experts to discuss what other priorities the C-suite should address as organisations navigate global tariffs imposed by the US president, as well as how an overreliance on AI might affect career progression and whether we should consider adopting body doubling to boost productivity
What if… bad bosses went to prison?
The latest series of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine asks whether it’s time company leaders were held more personally accountable for misbehaviour
What if… everyone refused to come back to the office?
The latest series of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine ponders how things will shake out given the entrenched opposing views of some staff and bosses
What if… your manager’s 20 years younger?
The latest series of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine contemplates this nightmare scenario for many and asks if the Gen Z stereotypes are true
What if… AI wrote this episode?
The latest series of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine explores whether Gen AI is advanced enough yet to replicate skills like journalism
What if… the NHS collapsed?
The latest series of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine investigates alternative healthcare models and employers’ role in staff wellbeing
What if… we stopped listening to Silicon Valley?
The latest series of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine asks whether it’s time we were more sceptical about big tech’s innovations and employment practices
What if… we paid nurses more?
The latest series of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine explores what the impact would be of remunerating low-paid frontline workers better
What if… everyone was racist?
The latest series of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine unpacks the theory of unconscious bias, asking what interventions actually work
What if… HR was a regulated profession?
The latest series of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine asks if there should be a body overseeing people practitioners more formally than at present
What if… we banned relationships at work?
The latest series of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine wrestles with how best to approach office romances and toxic behaviours
What if… there was another pandemic?
The latest series of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine asks what the next ‘unthinkable’ large-scale crisis might be