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10 Quick Efficiency Wins for Business Leaders Facing a Looming Recession

The majority of both Wall Street and Main Street believe we’re  heading towards a recession, with high inflation and supply chain issues just adding to the negativity. For growing businesses who aren’t sure how to prepare ahead of time, here are 10 tips that could make all the difference in preparing your company for an economic downturn.

It’s Not One or the Other: How Humans and AI Make Better HR Decisions Together

Artificial intelligence is a “powerful resource for any kind of organization,” researchers Prasanna Matsa and Kusuma Gullamajji write in their 2019 report on AI’s impact on human resources. “Integration of HR practices with AI based applicants definitely have a stronger impact in enhancing the organizational performance.”

Where are we now? A global snapshot of mental health at work

Change doesn’t just happen. Sure, many more organisations are now alive to the power of supporting employee wellbeing. But actually, etching this into company culture? That takes real, informed and focused work.

But wait. Before action, we first need awareness. That’s why Unmind (via InSites Consulting) quizzed 1,200 knowledge workers at companies with 500+ staff, across the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand, about mental health and wellbeing.

The Cyber Security Pyramid of Pain – Defending Against Attacks

Written by Marten Cureton and Tom Sadler


The Pyramid of Pain was created by security professional, David J Bianco, in 2013, while he was threat hunting and working on incident response. The Pyramid ranks, in ascending order, the list of indicators used to detect an attacker’s activities and how much “pain” it will cause the attacker by denying these different indicators, as well as the effort and difficulty to find each indicator for the security analyst.

Brand modernisation, candidate inclusivity and how workplaces are changing

News broke this week of one of the world’s most recognisable brands changing a long-held hiring rule. 

This shift in employee expectation both opens up new markets of candidate opportunity and asks its customers to challenge long-held biases and beliefs of what that brand should “look” like. 

It was, of course, the news that Virgin Airways are letting people with visible tattoos become cabin crew.