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Economy, Employment & Design

AI: a game-changer in sustainability

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09 Jun 2023

Jayendran Gospalsami

Artificial intelligence is propelling us to a more sustainable future. There are hurdles to overcome but the benefits far outweigh the challenges, argues Jayendran Gopalsami.
When it comes to the working week, less is more

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23 Feb 2023

Joe Ryle

Studies and trials show the four-day week is good for business, productivity, and employees. Joe Ryle explains how less work works.
An idea worth stealing

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10 Nov 2022

Edward Lowe

Watching how software engineers work could revolutionise how we build products and services, and give employees more interesting and fulfilling work. Edward Lowe talks Tesla, Henry Ford and a lesson from the slaughterhouse
All we are saying is give degrowth a chance

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02 Nov 2022

Chris Oestereich Sam Bliss

A decade ago, a container shipping worker had an epiphany, and it caused him to question the very basis of his business. Sam Bliss and Chris Oestereich take up the story.
Designing work around people

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25 Oct 2022

Nick Bacon Mark Howard Fergus Grierson

We have inclusive design standards for buildings. Why can't we have them for work? The RSA Inclusive Work, Disability and Ageing Network Steering Group propose a system that works for everybody.
A fair financial future for sufferers and survivors of domestic abuse

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03 Oct 2022

Rosie Lyon

99 percent of cases of domestic abuse also involve financial abuse. So Rosie Lyon, a survivor of both, decided to do something about it.
Making the social economy pay

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26 Sep 2022

Diana Finch

Childcare, taking care of the family home, buying and preparing food, and supporting the vulnerable in our community… all hugely important jobs and all miserably underpaid. Diana Finch, of Bristol Pay, suggests a better way to remunerate the essential work without which our societies would collapse.
We need intergenerational future of work dialogue now

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21 Sep 2022

Bob Jeffery Farheen Khan Ashok Pandey Tim Whitaker

A radical new policy agenda is required to support multigenerational workplaces as they become the new normal.
Levelling up isn’t about North versus South

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09 Sep 2022

Anthony Delaney

The Government’s controversial policy is a huge opportunity to radically rewire the UK, argues Anthony Delaney, but it all has to happen at a local level
The crazy dream of the UK’s ‘property owning democracy’

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04 Aug 2022

Geoffrey Payne

For decades, UK governments have promoted home ownership… yet fewer and fewer of us manage to buy our own homes. Geoffrey Payne suggests we could learn a lot from countries who don’t share our obsession