Automation and artificial intelligence technologies may impact between 40 and 160 million women’s jobs globally by 2030. It is expected women will need to transition into new, often higher skilled occ…
I’ve worked part-time for more than a decade & I want more men to do it too
Xavier Russo shares how it got started on a four day week back in 2007 and has taken his flexibility arrangement into different roles and employers including Envato and SEEK. He hopes more men can fol…
We need wild, bold ideas to disrupt workplace design for women
Melinda Gates recently called on us to reimagine workplaces so that they work for everyone, describing how the traditional workplaces in the 1960s were designed for the typical employee – who was whit…
This is 2019! True workplace flexibility is possible with leadership & vision
Yes we can create truely flexible workplaces and help prevent employees from feeling no option but to opt out. It just requires some imagination and a desire to move into 2019, write Stephanie Reuss a…
The jobs of the future and the skills needed to nab them
Right now, small business owners and the leaders of large organisations are questioning the roles they currently lead in order to try and keep their businesses afloat, especially in the lead up to Chr…
‘Women should lead’: What Maria MacNamara wants us to know about the future of work
The National Future Work Summit takes place on the 30th of October at ICC Sydney. Tickets are still available. (Partner Content) Maria MacNamara isn’t someone to walk blindly into the future. As…
These are the jobs of the future and the roles that could be ‘redundant’ over next 4 years
Many of the jobs that define the way businesses operate today will become increasingly “redundant roles” over the next four years as new technologies begin to be adopted by employers, according to res…
Melinda Gates: We’re sending our daughters into workplaces designed for dads
The headline on Melinda Gates’ op-ed about women and work, published on LinkedIn last week, says it all: We’re sending our daughters into workplaces designed for dads. It is so simple but …
The future of work: a freelance economy
Our increasing desire for greater flexibility, freedom and control in our work lives is driving us towards a freelance economy, with predictions that one in three people will be working online, indepe…
Why are we not working remotely? Leaders need to step up
Minister Stephen Conroy frequently reiterates that the NBN’s implementation can double the level of teleworking (or ‘anywhere working’) for Australian workers, while also boosting GD…