Why you should be glad if your next boss is a young striver
Today’s newest workers have overcome hurdles that would have seemed preposterous to their older colleagues
Aberdeen to abrdn and back: What companies should learn from the worst corporate rebrands ever
Branding fiascos will never go away as long as companies keep putting their customers last
The race between commuters and tourists in London is unwinnable
‘Dawdling, walking three-abreast, or doing anything else to block a footpath is ill-advised on busy streets ... people walk faster than they do in less populated spots’
Can we just have one day when no one mentions AI?
The gap between hype and reality is frustratingly wide and growing
The business font of all evil has won
Comic Sans is never going to be as reviled as its critics would like
Most worrying aspect of Coldplay concert scandal has to be the ubiquity of online tripe
Serious point of this episode is the hoaxes it spurred have been relatively harmless compared to plethora of online scams that continue to go unchecked
Who answers the phone and says nothing? People under 25
Younger workers who don’t say hello when they answer a call need to know it’s a problem
Do we like it when our political and business leaders appear human or cry in public?
Admissions of overwhelm show humanity, if people in charge are strategic with their weaknesses
Problem at work? You’ll be hearing from my chatbot
A flood of AI-generated complaints means a new kind of unwarranted hassle for HR and customer services
Return-to-office edicts aren’t always what they seem
When top executives work remotely, it becomes more difficult to drag everyone else to their desks
Your biggest career move? Choosing a spouse or partner
Emotionally competent partners are valuable to workers and bosses alike
The brutal and unacceptable truth about lay-offs in today’s working world
Dismissing people by email or phone is still distressingly common and needs to stop
Would you work 32 hours over seven days?
One boss thinks giving staff freedom to organise work over seven days might be better than the ‘traditional’ four-day week
It pays to use AI on the sly at work
That’s why companies need to think of ways to encourage open adoption
Warren Buffett’s approach to errors offers important lesson for other business leaders
The outgoing Berkshire Hathaway boss kept his letters to shareholders brief and breezy, and owned up to his mistakes