Global GDP has trebled since 1980, yet labour income share has declined. A new social contract based on full employment and decent work would rebuild trust and restore genuine democracies.

Sharan Burrow 16 Nov 2018

Entrepreneurship

Don't dismiss start-ups founded by millennials. This is how they succeed

You don't have to wait until you're 42 to found a successful start-up, as a recent MIT study advised. Millennial entrepreneurs are taking shortcuts, and building skills agility instead.

Bozhanka Vitanova and Johan Bjurman Bergman 16 Nov 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Is your job under threat by robots?

A World Economic Forum study explores the future of work and the impact of automation.

Jenny Scribani · Visual Capitalist 15 Nov 2018

Workforce and Employment

Stressed at work? This is the effect your boss is having

A new study shows that your relationship with your boss influences how you respond to stress.

Matthew Slater and Martin J Turner · The Conversation 15 Nov 2018

Workforce and Employment

Why social working cultures are happier and more productive

A new global survey finds that communal activities and 'workations' contribute to a healthier work environment.

Dan Schawbel 13 Nov 2018

Workforce and Employment

Here are three key ways that data analytics can improve the workplace

Employees expect more from work than companies are currently able to deliver. But used in the right way, data analytics can help organizations fulfil these expectations and stay competitive.

Bhushan Sethi 13 Nov 2018

Workforce and Employment

How diversity and risk governance can help companies manage an uncertain future

Trust is gained through better governance, which, in turn, is built on transparency, accountability and openness to diversity.

Lutfey Siddiqi · Today 12 Nov 2018

Global Risks

These are the top risks for doing business around the world

Concern about cyber-attacks is growing but unemployment and underemployment represent the biggest risk worldwide, according to a new World Economic Forum report.

Aengus Collins 12 Nov 2018

Workforce and Employment

Inclusion and diversity isn't just good for employees – it's good for the bottom line

More needs to be done to reap the benefits of the changing workforce in Asia Pacific. How do we get there?

Smilla Yuan and Chad O’Reilly 09 Nov 2018

United States

9 out of 10 Americans would take a pay cut for more meaningful work

New research from Harvard Business Review shows that, on average, people are willing to sacrifice almost a quarter of their lifetime earnings to work a job they always find meaningful.

Stephen Johnson · Big Think 08 Nov 2018

Gender Parity

Female executives are closing the gender pay gap with men

Recent statistics from The Pay Index shows that the earning gap has fallen sharply in Britan and the US betwen March and September.

Sonia Elks · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 07 Nov 2018

United States

America's economic mobility, mapped

Economic mobility varies dramatically across the US. This column introduces a new interactive mapping tool that traces the roots of outcomes such as poverty and incarceration back to the ...

Raj Chetty, John Friedman, Nathaniel Hendren, Maggie R. Jones, and Sonya R. Porter · VoxEU 06 Nov 2018

Behavioural Sciences

Open-plan offices make workers less collaborative, Harvard study finds

Open-plan offices should, in theory, boost interaction and collaboration between colleagues, but a new study shows they have the opposite effect.

Johnny Wood 05 Nov 2018

Workforce and Employment

The working world is changing, thanks to freelancers

Following the trends of the 1800's, self-employment is reinventing the world of work and its effect on our happiness.

Stephane Kasriel · Fast Company 05 Nov 2018

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