What BP’s Leadership Crisis is Really Doing to Its 93,000+ Employees

BP’s leadership crisis has dominated headlines this week. A chair removed after eight months over conduct deemed ‘unacceptable’. A fifth CEO since 2020 and a third chair search in just two years. Then there’s the strategic identity that has lurched from...

AI Anxiety at Work Is Dismantling Employee Engagement – and Most Organisations Aren’t Responding

We have spent years building the infrastructure of employee experience (EX) with pulse surveys and wellbeing programmes. We have introduced flexible working policies, been intentional about DEI initiatives, recognition platforms and career development opportunities. But, right now, what is keeping employees...

What Google DeepMind’s Union Vote Tells Us About Leadership in the Age of AI

Google DeepMind’s union vote was not about pay or working conditions. Last week, 98% of employees at the company’s London office voted in favour of unionisation over the ethics of what their AI is being used for — and over...

Production With a Pulse: Meta is Using its Employees to Train Their Own AI Replacements

The psychological contract between employer and employee used to be implicit. You give your time, skills, energy, and loyalty. In return, you receive fair compensation, reasonable security, and the basic dignity of being treated as a person. For decades now,...

Microshifting and the Whole-Person Workplace: A New Leadership Imperative

The factory whistle doesn’t blow anymore to signal the end of a long day. There is no conveyor belt to stand at and no supervisor counting heads to ensure that every pair of hands is busy. The Industrial Revolution gave us...

What Meta’s AI Avatar Tells us About the Future of Workplace Trust

Meta is building a photorealistic, AI-powered version of Mark Zuckerberg. Trained on his mannerisms, tone, publicly available statements and his own thinking on company strategy. The goal is apparently that employees “might feel more connected to the founder through interactions...