by Postshift | Mar 17, 2017
Most organisations currently have digital skills gaps that are holding back change. In interviews with digital and HR executives, both groups cite the lack of digital skills and values as the biggest barrier to transformation. Governments and corporates alike are...
by Laura-Jane Parker | Feb 9, 2017
Eight years ago this week, I started my first real job, for a global financial institution. It was in the wake of the financial crisis, so banks weren’t exactly “employer goals”, but to be honest, I was just grateful to be getting a regular income....
by Christine Overby | Jan 19, 2017
After hiring upwards of fifty people over the past ten years, I am ready to fess up. I loath writing job descriptions. A few years ago at a previous company, I introduced a new product director role within my business unit. I knew what I was after: someone who...
by Laura-Jane Parker | Jan 5, 2017
Over Christmas, like many, I had time to catch up with family and friends I don’t get to see as often. Aside from the usual exchange of life updates, these conversations usually turn towards questions of work, namely: ‘What is it you’re doing at the moment?’. My usual...
by Christine Overby | Dec 1, 2016
Corporate leadership is already struggling to keep up with the connected workforce and increasing speed and complexity in the digital economy. But looking ahead to the rise of algorithmic and human-machine co-working, the situation is even more worrying. A reboot...
by Christine Overby | Oct 13, 2016
Tuesday, February 18, 2014. That’s the day at my previous company when the reality of leading millenials hit me. That morning, when I booted up my laptop, my calendar made me pause. I turned to a junior consultant sitting to my right and said, “I’ve...