Why employee experience begins before the first day
A common misunderstanding of the importance of recruitment and onboarding in cultivating engagement and nurturing employees is setting businesses up for failure
Five ways 5G will kickstart Industry 4.0
Fifth generation mobile networking is set to transform several industries, none more so than manufacturing. According to a study by Ericsson, the 5G business potential for the sector in 2026 is some $113 billion. But how exactly will the new network ignite the fourth industrial revolution?
5G vs 4G: what is the difference?
Fifth-generation networking is on its way. Promising superfast speeds and an end to congestion, the technology is expected to revolutionise mobile networking and create new economic opportunity: but how exactly will it do this and what makes it different to 4G?
Three ways to tackle urbanisation
With nearly 70 per cent of the world’s population expected to live in towns and cities by 2050, rapid urbanisation is one of the biggest challenges of our time, putting unprecedented pressure on transportation systems, utilities and the environment. But emerging technologies are affording new, smarter ways to maintain, build and interact with infrastructure in an effort to make urbanisation more manageable
Energy-as-a-service will transform the sector
Providers, under pressure from new industry entrants, could look to move into the as-a-service market to diversify their offering
Sky’s the limit in global race to adopt cloud
With cloud expected to spread rapidly, the major players are lining up to compete for a bigger market share
Christiana Figueres’ radical ideas for feeding the many
Abolishing famine and limiting climate change cannot be mutually exclusive aims says Christiana Figueres, former executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Flexible working for the inflexible workplace
Companies that offer flexible working are known to have increased employee retention, more motivated and engaged staff, and access to wider talent pools when recruiting