Atlassian AI chief: Firms still aren’t making AI ‘really productive’ May 13, 2026 Atlassian claims businesses are still struggling to turn the AI boom into real company-wide productivity gains, as the software giant pushes deeper into workplace automation with a new generation of AI agents. According to the software giant’s chief AI officer, Tamar Yehoshua, most companies have moved beyond simply experimenting with AI tools, yet many were [...]
Britain’s £800bn investment pile that isn’t being used May 5, 2026 Britain's 'mainstream investors' hold more than £800bn in net financial wealth, an investment sum large enough to meaningfully address the capital gap.
I had 261,305 unread emails: What I learned from my Inbox Zero experiment April 21, 2026 After hitting over a quarter of a million unopened emails, Anna Moloney decided it was time to act. But can Inbox Zero actually bring peace?
The Debate: Is employee tracking justified in the modern workplace? March 25, 2026 JP Morgan last week announced it had started using tech to track its junior employees; amid the rise of work from home, is it fair enough?
Labour’s housebuilding target ‘impossible the day it was announced’ says construction boss March 11, 2026 Labour’s housebuilding target was impossible the day it was announced, the boss of a leading construction materials firm has warned. Rob Wood, chief executive of materials specialist Breedon Group, told City AM the government’s plans to build 1.5m homes by the next general election will fail because Labour is not backing its construction industries. Wood [...]
Sound-proof booths are as important as AI for your office March 10, 2026 Your employees’ ability to concentrate is the biggest limiting factor on productivity, says Paul Armstrong Corporate leaders are pouring billions into artificial intelligence in pursuit of a long-promised productivity boom. Early evidence is suggesting the gains may stall for a surprisingly familiar reason: human attention. Research into what analysts now describe as ‘AI brain fry’ [...]
The cost of living crisis is the fault of the public sector, not billionaires March 5, 2026 The Green's newest MP was quick to blame billionaires for the cost of living crisis. Has she looked at the public sector, asks Paul Ormerod.
Economy bogged down by low-performing firms February 23, 2026 The UK economy is suffering from an ever-lengthening tail of low productivity businesses, according to a new report from BCG. Between 1997 and 2023, the number of firms below the 25th productivity percentile nearly doubled, rising from 444,500 to 873,000, while the total number of firms increased by 70 per cent. At the other end [...]
The Debate: Is working from home making us less productive? February 18, 2026 Nigel Farage has called for a nationwide "attitudinal change" over working from home amid sluggish UK productivity. Could he have a point?
The Debate: Should annual leave be enforced at Christmas? December 17, 2025 Should it be mandatory to take annual leave at Christmas? We put two office workers head to head in this week's Debate.