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The workplace metric that creates false confidence
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What people from successful workplace events think it takes to launch something new
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AI use surges across property and construction but firms struggle beyond pilot studies
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The Workspace Design Show London to emphasise the design of human-centered workplaces
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Third of people think AI would do a better job than their human manager
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Why the organisations seeing real returns from agentic AI are empowering employees, not cutting jobs
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Is resilience a personality trait or a flaw in workplace design?
March 11, 2013
Flexible working: Falling out of fashion
by Pam Loch • Comment, Legal news, Workplace
Just as ACAS concludes its consultation on flexible working, the practice has been declared démodé by none other than Alexandra Shulman, the editor of British Vogue. Writing in response to the recent news that Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer ordered the company’s 11,500 staff back to the office, the Vogue editor has argued that working from home is not an adequate alternative to showing your face in the workplace. Ms Mayer goes on to note that in a creative environment, important opportunities are missed when absent colleagues are tottering, undressed around their kitchens. The best stories, she says, arise from chance remarks, gossip and jokes between colleagues working alongside each other. (more…)