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  • Use of unauthorised AI sparks security and compliance concerns for businesses
    by Neil Franklin on April 9, 2026 at 9:16 am

    Two thirds of business leaders in the UK are worried about potential data security and compliance risks stemming from employees’ unregulated use of artificial intelligence tools, according a new poll of senior decision-makers within UK businesses, commissioned by Studio Graphene. The design studio commissioned Censuswide to survey 500 managers, directors and C-suite executives within UK The […]

  • A word or two on what people tell you about work and workplaces
    by Mark Eltringham on April 8, 2026 at 8:58 am

    One of the many criticisms you could make of us as a business is a reliance on company sponsored surveys to generate news stories about workplaces. We don’t publish all of them, you’ll be relieved to hear. The ones we reject are usually too nakedly self-serving. Even the ones that have some degree of statistical The post A word or two on what people tell you about work and workplaces […]

  • Women working from home or on reduced hours at greater risk of damaging their career
    by Neil Franklin on April 7, 2026 at 11:01 pm

    Women working from home or on reduced hours are at greater risk of losing their professional and managerial careers, but men are not affected, new research suggests. Women professionals not working a standard week in the office were more likely to end up in less prestigious careers than those in full-time work, the study found. The post Women working from home or on reduced hours at greater risk […]

  • How the 21st Century office was born in post war Europe
    by Mark Eltringham on April 7, 2026 at 4:53 pm

    There was a curious addition to a 2016 report on the Top 10 Technologies Driving the Digital Workplace from tech researchers Gartner. It wasn’t a technology at all but rather a slightly obscure office design concept that originated in Hamburg in the late 1950s, but which tells us a lot about how we work in the 21st The post How the 21st Century office was born in post war Europe appeared […]

  • RIBA CEO to deliver opening address at the Sustainable Design Forum 2026
    by Neil Franklin on April 7, 2026 at 4:43 pm

    The Sustainable Design Collective (SDC) has announced that Dr Valerie Vaughan-Dick MBE, Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), will deliver the opening address at the Sustainable Design Forum 2026. Dr Vaughan-Dick, appointed CEO in January 2023, brings extensive experience in leadership, regeneration and organisational transformation. She is the first woman […]

  • Creativity, thinking and expertise in the workplace should be safeguarded from AI
    by Neil Franklin on April 1, 2026 at 8:22 am

    Workplace professionals and general managers should proceed with caution if they want to use AI to improve efficiency and human capital in the workplace, and should take steps to ensure creativity and critical thinking are preserved, new research from the University of Bath School of Management suggests. The research team identified two types of knowledge The post Creativity, thinking and […]

  • British workers now entirely unproductive, claims report
    by Mark Eltringham on March 31, 2026 at 11:00 pm

    The overwhelming majority of UK workers don’t do anything productive at all, according to a new report published today. The study of available research into the illnesses, injuries, distractions, wastes of time, procrastinations, productivity drains and paralyses that afflict British workers found that the annual cost to the British economy is around £1.8 trillion, equivalent The post British […]

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