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  • Interview
    Ahead of
    the curve
    While some industries treat change with
    scepticism and unease, there are a rare
    few with change ingrained in their DNA.
    We met with the FIA’s head of F1 to
    discuss his approach to change.
  • Interview
    A brain as
    good as ours
    The automotive industry has considerably changed over the past few years, but what about the long-awaited driverless car? Professor Neville Stanton gives his opinion.
  • Opinion
    Let’s talk
    about change
    It’s time to talk about a tough subject, change. Few like it, but it’s inevitable. It surrounds us. It’s everywhere you look. And right now, work is changing...
  • Interview
    The Hybrid
    Future:
  • Interview
    Finding your
    tribe
    We met with Neil Gibb to discuss how he remains optimistic in a turbulent world, and why he believes hybrid working to be an incredible opportunity for humanity.
  • Interview
    The city cycle
    Attitudes regarding how employees have shifted over the past few years, especially due to the pandemic. But are organisations understanding the shift? How are cities responding? British brand, Brompton Bicycle are one step ahead.
  • Interview
    A new
    blank sheet
    Hans Meyer, the hotelier who initially
    created the citizenM concept and is now
    building his new venture, Zoku. How did
    he turn change into opportunity and
    innovation?
  • Interview
    Nowhere or
    nowhere?
    The pandemic has transformed work
    and presents an opportunity for its
    re-evaluation, says Julia Hobsbawm. By
    understanding the purpose behind work,
    exciting possibilities for the future can be
    created.
  • Expert insight
    The Inevitability
    of change
    Hybrid working has dominated work and
    place since the pandemic, but the new
    normal may not be so new. What has
    Leesman learned over the past decade
    about hybrid working from over one
    million employees.
  • Interview
    On shifting ice
    Jonathan Ager, Programme Director of the
    British Antarctic Survey explains how to
    juggle forward planning with adaptability,
    taking inspiration from his current project.
  • Interview
    Question
    everything
    Track cyclist Dan Bigham reverse-engineered a strategy to beat national teams to gold. How can this be applied to organisational strategies?
  • Interview
    Improvisation: the future of work
    Can improvisation techniques help the world of workplace? Comedian Neil Mullarkey explains how it can help us become better hybrid workers.
  • Opinion
    Let the battle
    commence
    It’s time to address the failings in the
    home vs office debate. It would be
    better to look inwards at what’s on offer.
  • Expert insight
    Change
    catalysts
    Kurt Lewin’s change model helped to explain the need for change at the onset of the pandemic. Finding your ‘why’ will be harder now.
  • Interview
    Reaching
    the limit
  • Long read
    The doughnut effect
    Two Stanford economists have observed
    a ‘hollowing out’ of city centres across the
    United States, in favour of suburbia. Their
    findings help explain how COVID-19 can
    fundamentally reshape...
  • Opinion
    Fine
    line
  • Expert insight
    Alf
    Rehn
  • Expert insight
    The open plan witch hunt
    Despite everything we’ve learned about both home working and office-based experiences, the campaign against open plan environments is still in full swing.

Interview

Ahead of the curve

While some industries treat change with scepticism and unease, there are a rare few with change ingrained in their DNA. We met with the FIA’s head of F1 to discuss his approach to change.
Read more

Interview

A brain as good as ours

The automotive industry has considerably changed over the past few years, but what about the long-awaited driverless car? Professor Neville Stanton gives his opinion.
Read more

Opinion

Let’s talk about change

It’s time to talk about a tough subject, change. Few like it, but it’s inevitable. It surrounds us. It’s everywhere you look. And right now, work is changing fast.
Read more

Interview

The Hybrid Future

Hybrid working has revolutionised our perceptions of where and how we work. We joined MIT Center for Real Estate to discuss hybrid working and how if you don’t embrace it, you risk being left behind.
Read more

Interview

Finding your tribe

We met with Neil Gibb to discuss how he remains optimistic in a turbulent world, and why he believes hybrid working to be an incredible opportunity for humanity.
Read more

Interview

The city cycle

Attitudes regarding how employees have shifted over the past few years, especially due to the pandemic. But are organisations understanding the shift? How are cities responding? British brand, Brompton Bicycle are one step ahead.
Read more

Interview

A new blank sheet

Hans Meyer, the hotelier who initially created the citizenM concept and is now building his new venture, Zoku. How did he turn change into opportunity and innovation?
Read more

Interview

Nowhere or nowhere?

The pandemic has transformed work and presents an opportunity for its re-evaluation, says Julia Hobsbawm. By understanding the purpose behind work, exciting possibilities for the future can be created.
Read more

Expert insight

Inevitability of change

Hybrid working has dominated work and place since the pandemic, but the new normal may not be so new. What has Leesman learned over the past decade about hybrid working from over one million employees.
Read more

Interview

On shifting ice

Jonathan Ager, Programme Director of the British Antarctic Survey explains how to juggle forward planning with adaptability, taking inspiration from his current project.
Read more

Interview

Question everything

Track cyclist Dan Bigham reverse-engineered a strategy to beat national teams to gold. How can this be applied to organisational strategies?
Read more

Interview

Improvising: the future of work

Can improvisation techniques help the world of workplace? Comedian Neil Mullarkey explains how it can help us become better hybrid workers.
Read more

Trending

Let the battle commence

It’s time to address the failings in the home vs office debate. It would be better to look inwards at what’s on offer.
Read more

Expert insight

Change catalysts

Kurt Lewin’s change model helped to explain the need for change at the onset of the pandemic. Finding your ‘why’ will be harder now.
Read more

Interview

Reaching the limit

How the workforce is battling with chronic stress and burnout – and what we can do about it.
Read more

Opinion

Fine line

You are being told that your organisation is facing a series of binary workplace options. This is wrong and misleading. In fact, the future of workplace has more opportunities available to it than ever before.
Read more

Expert insight

Alf Rehn

Why are creativity and innovation comparable to muddling long-term relationships and bad farmers? Here, a professor of innovation explains what we get wrong about these concepts – and how we can get it right.
Read more

Long read

The doughnut effect

Two Stanford economists have observed a ‘hollowing out’ of city centres across the United States, in favour of suburbia. Their findings help explain how COVID-19 can fundamentally reshape real estate.
Read more

Expert insight

The open plan witch hunt

Despite everything we’ve learned about both home working and office-based experiences, the campaign against open plan environments is still in full swing.
Read more