✏️Exciting to see IFOW founding director Anna Thomas MBE interviewed in POLITICO yesterday - talking responsible AI implementation in the UK and how to foster local approaches to AI adoption through mayors.
Read a summary of recent in-depth research tracking AI implementation in organisations here:
AI implementation at work: a people challenge, not a tech one.
📣Our April newsletter is out now, featuring brand-new summary findings from our workplace AI case studies developed with the CIPD as part of Innovate UK’s BridgeAI programme.
👀 Keep an eye out for more in-depth research on AI adoption at work to be published soon, in partnership with CIPD as part of Government-funded Innovate UK’s BridgeAI programme.
When training AI-first CFOs and adopting AI, the panel discussed how:
- Cross-functional teams are essential
- Participatory innovation and teamwork matter
- Governance, evaluation, and ‘work design’ skills are increasingly important
Fantastic to have our IFOW Co-Founder Anna thomas join AI for CFO’s panel, hosted by @economist.com earlier this week.
⏰ Reminder that this webinar starts at 11AM...
IFOW Associate Director @kesterbrewin.com will be joining Uptree to discuss 'What does entry-level opportunity look like in an AI-shaped world?'
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A particular highlight included learning more about Ufi VocTech Trust's and the RSA's Digital Badging Commission. This aims to support the adoption of digital badging and to broaden understanding of the important role badges can play in rewarding and recognising learning and skills development.
Fantastic to attend @ufitrust.bsky.social's showcase last week as part of #WeekofVocTech, to both see and take part in impressive demonstrations from across the #VocTech community and better understand how emerging technologies are being applied to skills development, training, and access to work.
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...a new blog from the government's AI Security Institute, about work on productivity that we collaborated on.
Hope you enjoy reading! www.ifow.org/news-articles/march-mid-month-spotlight
Our mid-month spotlight is out, featuring the brilliant work we've doing in partnership with the @cipdpolicy.bsky.social, plus news about our May conference (amazing line-up, and places going fast, so don't delay)...
www.ifow.org/news-articles/march-mid-month-spotlight
This is good news. Through the extensive work that we have done talking to people right across the creative industries, they have all had a united voice that this needed to happen.
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It has been brilliant working with the team @ufitrust.bsky.social as we have developed our Flourish platform to better support young people into green jobs in #Cornwall and #Grimsby. Well worth checking out their excellent programme of #VocTech events this week!
weekofvoctech.co.uk/events
🎉 A massive thank you to all who participated in yesterday's showcase - especially to our Community Researchers and expert panel.
If you’re interested in the development of Flourish in Grimsby and across North East Lincolnshire, please do consider filling in this form to get in touch:
Supported by @ufitrust.bsky.social, Flourish is an innovative platform designed to support people through pathways into quality green jobs, by connecting them with job and training opportunities, and providing insights into their skills and experiences.
Fantastic to be at the Grimsby Port Offices yesterday, showcasing Flourish to a diverse group of careers and training professionals, community stakeholders, researchers, and local authority and green business representatives.
Uptree is a brilliant org looking to level the playing field on work experience for young people. Our Associate Director @kesterbrewin.com will be speaking on a webinar panel on 24th March focused on 'What does entry-level opportunity look like in an AI-shaped world?'.
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Building responsible AI adoption is a sociotechnical challenge - one where HR, organisational strategy, and work design form part of successful AI implementation processes.
👀 Look out for the first publication from this research, out tomorrow!
Fantastic to be at BridgeAI's Annual Showcase yesterday, discussing our ongoing work with the @cipdpolicy.bsky.social on the crucial role of people and organisations in shaping pathways to responsible AI adoption at work.
📩 From Cornwall to India, here's what IFOW has been up to this month...
We're on the move again this Thursday, when we'll be heading up to Grimsby for a showcase on building pathways into good, green jobs in the region.
For details on how to sign up for thoe showcase, see the newsletter below:
📣 Join us on Monday for a dynamic showcase event focused on improving pathways into good, green work and futures in Cornwall.
Come and connect with educators, green business representatives, career professionals and community stakeholders to build Cornwall's inclusive, green future together.
For the full report, policy brief, working paper, and framework for those working with young people - see below!
Brilliant to see so many join the launch webinar of Channelling Motivation yesterday, a research project exploring how to support young people to thrive in a rapidly changing world of work.
If you missed the webinar, you can find the full recording here:
Amid growing concern about rising youth unemployment, motivation is a critical, overlooked component.
Motivation not only impacts attainment, health and happiness, but also supports the uptake of the key human-centric skills that we know employers are increasingly demanding as workplaces adopt AI.
📣 Today, in partnership with the EY Foundation, we’re publishing major new research on the role of motivation in helping young people access good work in an age of rapid technological change.
See the full report, working paper, policy brief, and framework for those working with young people below:
📣 Join us on Monday for a dynamic showcase event focused on improving pathways into good, green work and futures in Cornwall.
Come and connect with educators, green business representatives, career professionals and community stakeholders to build Cornwall's inclusive, green future together.
Delighted we'll be joined by the following excellent contributors for next week's launch webinar:
- Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, CEO of Stemettes
- Peter Swallow, MP for Bracknell, Crowthorne, Sandhurst and Whitegrove
- Frank Bowley, Head of Skills England Insight and Analysis
Sign-up below!
Earlier this month, we published three new reports rooted in evidence from the Pissarides Review, highlighting its lasting impact. Together with @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social, the reports emphasise the role institutions play in shaping technological outcomes.
New research here:
🏆 We're delighted that the Pissarides Review into the Future of Work and Wellbeing has been shortlisted for the Best Research Project for Impact Award at the 2026 AI & Robotics Research Awards.