Work & Productivity

Flexible ways of working are here to stay, finds new Irish research – with leaders focused on trying to maintain culture and innovation When recently asked about their business transformation priorities, almost every business leader (97%) cited the importance of changing their firm’s ways of working to become more innovative and flexible. This stands to […]

These days there’s no such thing as ‘business as usual’. Change and disruption are the new normal. Just think of the changes affecting your organization right now, with new technology and techniques driving new attitudes and expectations from employees and customers alike. Everything is changing. And the one thing all those changes have in common […]

Innovative Culture Key for Irish Business in 2020   Virgin founder, Richard Branson once said, “We like to give people the freedom to work where they want, safe in the knowledge that they have the drive and expertise to perform excellently, whether they [are] at their desk or in their kitchen. Yours truly has never […]

Create the right company culture or get left behind: new research into the future of work The pace of change in the modern workplace is relentless. Not a week goes by that a new digital innovation or technologically driven approach emerges to disrupt and influence our workplace status quo. And yet, despite these emerging innovations, […]

Can you imagine your workplace without the internet? Think of the difference in culture, the pace of change, the connectedness of colleagues and clients. Technology has always had a significant impact on the culture of work. But in today’s workplace, this has proliferated as the speed of technological evolution has continued to accelerate at a […]

Today. Yesterday. Tomorrow. In the modern workplace, every day is a new challenge. That’s what makes it so fun. Work today is dynamic and creative, which means variety, surprise, exploration. It means breaking boundaries and discovering new spaces and ways for people to interact and collaborate. Because through all the changes we’ve seen, it remains […]

We’re living through a period of extraordinary cultural and technological change. As new generations enter the job market, the culture of work is shifting to accommodate new ideas and new ways of working. Meanwhile, technology is redefining the very notion of a workplace – the 9-5 feels increasingly outdated, as collaboration technologies free us to […]

The old boundaries between work and life are collapsing. Today, we network on LinkedIn while on the train, collaborate on presentations with colleagues on the other side of the world, meet friends for lunch between office meetings – then order dinner on an app while on a Teams call. How we create, collaborate, interact and […]

Success is about people. Business leaders recognize that people are central to how their companies operate and empowering people is imperative to innovate and grow in any competitive landscape. Implementing a Modern Workplace should not be considered a “nice to have” – but a top priority. And people love their PCs! Mobile phones are great […]

Emotional Intelligence and Digital Culture are the Foundations of AI This year, the volume around Artificial Intelligence has gone up, but an increase in noise is not the same as an understanding of the culture required to make AI successful. AI is perceived as a major catalyst for change, and with that promise, business leaders […]

How our Interns are already having a massive impact at Microsoft Ireland I have the great fortune of leading a community of interns here at One Microsoft Place. My key objective is to ensure that they are continuously learning and making an impact both for the business but also so that they are gaining critical […]

Digital Culture is not just for Millennials Last week the IoDNI invited me to sit on a panel with Dr Neil Bentley (WorldSkills UK) and Tony Danker (Be the Business) chaired by Dr Wendy Austin MBE. We discussed how can we ‘Boost Productivity through Technology and People’; an incredibly interesting discussion with many different perspectives! […]