leadership
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
Signal file: what this week’s headlines reveal about soft power and silent tracking
From gendered leadership gaps to the rise of surveillance tech, this week’s signals expose the systems shaping control in the workplace – and what that means for trust, equity and autonomy
What the world’s oldest org chart tells us about company hierarchy
A long-forgotten management graphic of a railroad company has been rescued from the US Library of Congress and reinterpreted by designer Rachel Botsman at the London Design Biennale
Growing with purpose: how Clyde & Co scaled a global legal culture
From office culture to AI and mentorship, Clyde & Co chairman Michael Payton reflects on how legal workplaces must adapt without losing their core values
Do firms focused on healthy work perform better commercially?
A portfolio of 100 companies with the highest scores for wellbeing outperforms the market, confirming the message of a key report from the World Economic Forum and McKinsey
Three top priorities for the reset-ready organisation in 2025
HR research from Gartner suggests that business leaders are unprepared for changes in work this year. Addressing critical gaps in collaboration, skills and technology would be a start
Old tensions resurface as return to office gathers pace
Companies are struggling to align business demands with an employee preference for flexibility. Is the office a platform to build culture or ‘a bland grey corporate hellscape?’ The jury is still out
While CEOs sound off, HR departments are preparing for hybrid
In a new podcast for the Financial Times, Jeremy Myerson and Philip Ross, authors of the book Unworking, explain why the return to office needs a better rationale to succeed
