Not the same job, but a similar job. Adding the same value. Equal pay for equal work. When should people be paid the same and what are the criteria? Are women the only ones losing out? The equal pay issue isn’t new, although it is in the news at the moment across many sectors and … Continue reading
I was recently invited to join a panel at Womanthology‘s inaugural Thought Leaders event. Although the topics of discussion were quite wide-ranging, action points from across all sectors and types of organisation emerged. Although the legal foundations of gender diversity are slow to develop, change is being driven by an ever expanding group of practical activists … Continue reading
Following the success of the talk I gave alongside Catherine Chapman at the ‘Blinding Pleasures’ exhibition in London last year, the show’s curator Filippo Lorenzin invited me to provide some comments for an article he was writing for Vice’s ‘Motherboard’ website in Italy. Your can read the whole thing here (in Italian), but for anyone … Continue reading
Mark Zuckerburg has started the new year with a resolution to take Facebook back to basics and to ensure that time spent on the social media monolith is ‘time well spent’. For Facebook, this starts with an updated news feed. Rather than seeing viral videos and promoted news content, we should expect to see and … Continue reading
A live-streamed video of a man shooting an old man, seemingly at random, scores millions of views on Facebook before being removed. Who is to blame for the horror filling our timelines? I joined Nick Ferrari on the LBC Breakfast show to discuss who is to blame and what can be done. The video of … Continue reading
Of all the companies I have worked with, Sage is right at the top for recognising the value of social engagement, not only with employees, but with its staff, suppliers and community supporters too. The perfect example of this is the Sage Summit, which makes its mark on London this week, on 5 & 6 … Continue reading
News from the US and Canada that Facebook has rolled out a new job ads and recruitment feature may have you giddy with potential, but for many of the social behemoth’s 1.9 billion users, is it another invasion of privacy? Canadian news service, Global News, contacted me to comment on the move by Facebook and … Continue reading
Over the summer I contributed to two videos for Thomson Reuters. These are aimed primarily at law students, discussing what skills are required to be a good lawyer and how they can be developed. The short videos are now available to view, below. You will see that I am in good company, not least alongside Lord … Continue reading
On Monday 3 October 2016, I joined TRT World’s ‘The Newsmakers’ show to discuss the responsibilities Facebook are, or should be assuming given the editorial decisions that it is making around the world. I was joined by Raja Abdulhaq, Co-founder and Editor of Quds – a Palestinian news site – who recently had his account … Continue reading
I recently wrote a short piece for City AM, considering proposals put forward by MP Will Quince to provide employees who lose a child with a period of paid bereavement leave. You can read the article, which was first published on 23 September 2016 by clicking on the link below. Continue reading
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