Signal File: what this week’s headlines reveal about global readiness

From patching skills gaps to educating a nation on AI, this week’s signals draw on global examples of how companies and workers are preparing for the future

Interview: Google’s Matt Brittin on leading through uncertainty

Matt Brittin, former President of Google EMEA, reflects on nearly two decades at the forefront of digital innovation and what he’s learnt about leadership in a rapidly transforming landscape

Could your healthy workplace be an international award winner?

The annual award scheme of the Healthy City Design Congress is on the hunt to find the world’s healthiest places – including workplaces, homes, neighbourhoods and communities

Signal File: what this week’s headlines reveal about ambient working

This week’s signals explore how workplace tools and behaviours are evolving – making safety softer, creativity less screen-bound, and AI and social fluency essential to modern work 

Tomorrow’s Office: designing for constant change and adaptation

Adaptive, circular, healthy, hybrid and social office models advance the idea of space as a dynamic system in a new report that anticipates what’s next in workplace interiors

Good day, bad day: building an index of individual flourishing at work

Can a new metric for ‘human flourishing’ help us design the high-performance offices of the future? A keynote by architect David Dewane at WORKTECH Chicago 2025 suggests it just might

The human-machine shift: is AI your new favourite teammate?

In this episode of The Unworking Podcast, Elisa Rönkä outlines a bold vision for the workplace of the future, where AI becomes a teammate, not just a tool

Signal file: what this week’s headlines reveal about the unseen forces reshaping work

From disengaged teams and emotionally exposed workplaces to boardrooms lacking digital fluency, this week’s stories highlight subtle cracks – and what it takes to lead in this landscape