Serena Haththotuwa

Goldman Sachs’ CEO, David Solomon, recently came under scrutiny for going to the Paris Olympics after telling the rest of his colleagues they weren’t allowed to.Reportedly, the bank’s boss has jetted to the French capital to dine with France’s president Emmanuel Macron and party with the wealthy elite.

One of the major challenges HR Directors have had over the past year is knowing what, where, and how to integrate AI into the people aspect of their business. These practitioners have felt the pressure, knowing that if they integrate this technology too late, or incorrectly, they could end up lagging behind their competitors. So, what’s an HRD supposed to do?

The UK must urgently address its skills shortage or risk lagging behind its international competitors, a new report has revealed.

The Olympic medalist, who has won in the 200 and 400-metre freestyle swim, is one of many athletes who have complained about the conditions of the participating athlete’s living quarters, including poor food options and cardboard beds.

The UK Government has hinted plans to curb hiring abroad for jobs within tech and engineering.Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to look into these sectors to understand if the UK has an overreliance on international workers.

Wells Fargo, its CEO and two other executives at the firm are facing a class action lawsuit after allegedly interviewing diverse candidates for high paying jobs that were already filled.The lawsuit claims the bank was misleading investors over efforts to increase diversity among its high-ranking staff.

Spending money as a way to soothe ourselves isn’t necessarily a new phenomenon. ‘Retail therapy’ has long been a phrase used to describe the act of shopping with the primary goal of boosting your mood.However, a new, more insidious term has been coined to describe an anxiety-fueled purchasing trend being widely acted out by young people: ‘doom spending’. According to a recent study, 43% of millennials and 35% of Gen Zers doom spend to make themselves feel better.

Making way for new talent is one the best things experienced professionals can do for their peers. That doesn’t necessarily mean that those with more experience, who are typically some of the eldest workers, shouldn’t be given opportunities. But rather, younger players are given the chance to take on managerial roles and have a moment in the spotlight every now and then.This idea was bought into question by actor Brian Cox, who earlier this year jumped to the defense of extremely famous actors performing in the West End.

Whether people are fully conscious of it or not, the search engine Google has underpinned the way we work since the turn of the century. From researching how to do something to asking the search engine a question that will inform your work, using Google as a tool has been so naturally ingrained to our working lives that it’s hard to imagine performing our work without it.

In this episode of the HR Grapevine Podcast, our Features Editor Serena Haththotuwa sits down for a conversation with Julie Griggs, Director of People and Partnering at The Open University, exploring how employers can really get their reward and recognition programmes right, what it really means to ‘personalise’ a rewards experience well, the power of ‘working in the horizontal’, and much more.