Part two of Guild's interview with Barney Loehnis, covering the relationship between the digital and physical workplace today. Digital increasingly means nomads and remote working, but not all companies have embraced this change. Why is it so important that they do? Some aspects of mobility are right for all companies,…
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Matilda Strachan
Barney Loehnis on digital transformation in professional communities (Part I)
All companies and professional communities are affected by digital transformation, regardless of where they are in their journey through it. The effects ebb and flow as frequently as the tech and digital space itself, so an open and ongoing dialogue about it is crucial. To this end, we turned to…
Julia Hobsbawm on social health and the 'Age of Overload'
By identifying 'overload' as the word of the day, Julia Hobsbawm, an advisor to Guild, brings light to the dark underbelly of how today's workplaces function. We're connected and enabled by technology, we're flexible, we have data at our disposal. We're also distracted, dispersed, and overflowing with data. We spoke…
Zuckerberg's so-called revelations about privacy are old news, and deeply ironic
Mark Zuckerberg's recent blog discussing Facebook's vision to become a 'privacy-focused' platform comes just over a month after he announced its merger with Instagram and WhatsApp. The merger has raised concerns (from, amongst others, Ireland's DPC who regulate Facebook in the EU) for users' privacy across the three platforms and…
10 of the best coworking spaces in London
Finding the right coworking space is an important first step for smaller, emerging professional teams. The architecture of an office can be a catalyst for collaboration, inspiration, and innovation. Coworking spaces are increasingly popular because they understand this potential, offering a made-to-measure balance of structure and spontaneity for companies still…
Three things to think about on Data Privacy Day
The 28th of January: Data Privacy Day. The tradition started on this day in 2008 to recognise Convention 108, the first legally binding international treaty concerning data protection. This may seem surprisingly long ago. It's only in the last few years (in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal and…