Global AI skills surge amid ‘pronounced’ gender divide
AI is the fastest-growing skill in the UK and globally, but data from five million learners has revealed an emerging gender skills gap that must be addressed if the...
Read moreDetailsAI is the fastest-growing skill in the UK and globally, but data from five million learners has revealed an emerging gender skills gap that must be addressed if the...
Read moreDetailsMore than half of audit and governance workers view data privacy as the biggest concern when using generative AI at work, a survey has found. The survey of more...
Read moreDetailsThe government has moved to “turbocharge” UK productivity with plans to boost AI skills, infrastructure and investment in the UK. With its 50-point AI Opportunities Action Plan, the government...
Read moreDetailsChief financial officers (CFO) are facing a talent crisis this year as research shows their top concerns are about staffing shortages, reduced top line growth and the need to...
Read moreDetailsEmployers have been urged to rethink their approach to managing mental health absences as 5.3 million people, 16 percent of the UK working population, have been signed off sick...
Read moreDetailsPension communications should be for doer not readers, focusing on actionable messages that drive behaviour change. Quietroom’s lead consultant Caroline Hopper's presentation emphasised the need for effective, user-centric pension...
Read moreDetailsHR has been warned not to put too much faith in the answers generative AI offers up, but to learn to repeatedly question and argue with it and demand...
Read moreDetailsWorkplace mental health platform Unmind, which uses AI driven services, has partnered with benefits provider Reward Gateway Edenred to make “mental health support easier to access for millions of...
Read moreDetailsRising anxiety, absences and staff turnover across the retail industry are hitting productivity. But the sector has an opportunity to be at the vanguard of staff wellbeing with new...
Read moreDetailsHR leaders are interested in exploring the potential of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), but they are not yet proactively making use of it, according to a poll from Aon....
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