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Cath Everett has been a journalist and editor for nearly 30 years. She specializes in workplace, leadership and organizational culture issues, but also writes about the impact of technology on business and society.

Articles by Cath Everett

How technology is helping reduce food waste. Here's why it matters

Food waste is a major issue, costing the global economy $1 trillion annually. But two organizations are doing their best to try and help: Olio, which is using its app to create local community networks and cut domestic waste, and Phytoform, whose precision breeding system is aiming to reduce waste at the supply chain level.

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Why Emotional Intelligence will be the key to augmented leadership success in an AI-driven world

Leadership development expert and author Rasmus Hougaard believes that a huge 70% of leaders will no longer be qualified to do their job within three years. The problem does not lie with technical expertise though, but with a lack of people skills.

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How digital tech is playing a vital role in Holland & Barrett’s multi-million pound transformation

Two years into a major digital, bricks-and-mortar, and brand revamp, UK high street supplements retailer Holland & Barrett has launched a personalized wellness app to spearhead its move towards becoming an all-round wellness destination.

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Moderna’s human/AI revamp - will Chief People Officers become the new CIOs?

This first in a two-part article explores the implications of Moderna’s decision to consolidate its IT and HR functions and optimize the mix of employees and AI agents. One big question generated by the move is whether promoting its Chief People Officer to become top dog of the combined unit is a sign of things to come?

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How technology can help boost employee mental health and wellbeing - and why smart employers are taking notice

To mark Mental Health Awareness Month (May), we examine how two UK employers - Nature's Way Foods and the NHS - are using technology to support employee wellbeing through real-time feedback systems and microbreak platforms that deliver measurable improvements in workplace satisfaction and productivity.

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From reactive to pro-active - social housing providers transform operations with data analytics

The UK's welfare reform has created unintended consequences for social housing providers, with 41% of units now in arrears. Local councils face an average debt of £3.1 million each, a 71% increase since 2019, forcing them to seek technological solutions to optimize rent collection.

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If 'conscious unbossing’ is a thing, how do enterprises plug the holes in the leadership pipeline?

The first part of this series explored the rights and the wrongs of the contention that GenZ workers are opting for a positive work-life balance rather than promotion to management. What can tech employers do to ensure they work most effectively with their younger employees and not end up with dry patches in their leadership talent pool.

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‘Conscious unbossing’ - is GenZ really saying 'No!' to management roles?

In the first of a two-part examination of so-called ‘conscious unbossing’, I explore the growing contention that many younger workers are opting for a positive work-life balance rather than promotion to management positions. Experts are not so sure the situation is quite as straightforward as it might appear at first glance though.

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Something for the weekend - it'll be no joke if AI steals the CEO's job...but will Human Intelligence win out over the Artificial variety?

An April Fool’s publicity stunt involved the CEO of Artisan saying he was replacing himself with AI. But the joke has raised interesting questions around whether the CEO role is as vulnerable as any other to being automated out, and just how it is likely to change and evolve as AI takes hold.

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