by Margaret E Ward | Apr 30, 2026 | Brand journalism, Future of Work, Women at Work, Work-Life Balance
When I first met Laura (not her real name), she was an associate solicitor in a small but busy general practice and excited to be pregnant with her first child. Five years later, she was a solicitor at a top Dublin law firm and a parent to two young children with a...
by Margaret E Ward | Apr 27, 2026 | Brand journalism, Future of Work, Work-Life Balance
How many times a day do you touch your phone as against shaking a human hand, hugging a friend or relative, or even stroking your dog or cat’s fur? How many hours do you spend staring at a screen – big or small – instead of into a person’s face? How much of your week...
by Margaret E Ward | Apr 9, 2026 | Brand journalism, Career Development, Future of Work
Sometimes a number makes you gasp. No, it’s not fuel prices, although they are shocking too. It’s 900,000: that’s the number of jobs likely to be lost to artificial intelligence (AI), according to figures from the Central Bank of Ireland. A paper published by the bank...
by Margaret E Ward | Apr 3, 2026 | Brand journalism, Career Development, Future of Work
Housing, housing, housing: it’s an everybody, everywhere, all at once problem. Thanks to the accommodation and energy crisis, employees are finding the costs of living and commuting difficult. Hiring and retention are also becoming harder for companies as the...
by Margaret E Ward | Mar 20, 2026 | Brand journalism, Future of Work
Innovation is central to business success, but very few companies make it an integral part of their strategy, culture or performance metrics. Even fewer communicate its importance to their teams. Consulting firm BCG found that 83 per cent of company leaders saw...
by Margaret E Ward | Feb 20, 2026 | Brand journalism, Career Development, Future of Work
The death of jobs, or the jobpocalypse, due to AI has been greatly exaggerated, but their redesign has not. The job-based model of work is increasingly obsolete as companies move from fixed, long-term jobs to skills-based roles. “Corporate practices such as renting...
