Use of the term ‘we’re implementing AI’ is now ubiquitous across much of the corporate world. Increasingly, it is also becoming meaningless. Andy Jassy, president and CEO of Amazon, told staff in a memo in June 2025 that the company had more than 1,000 generative-AI projects under way and that the technology would shrink its […]
Plug and pray was originally published on Emerging Europe.
Demand for a few, highly advanced technology skills is surging while Europe’s wider IT employment market softens. How to square the circle? In March 2026 Arthur Mensch, who runs Mistral AI, raised 830 million US dollars to build data centres near Paris and in Sweden. A month before, he had bought Koyeb, a small Paris […]
Specialist subject was originally published on Emerging Europe.
Debate around worker compensation focuses on regulation. Far less attention is paid to the technology required to implement fair systems. The future of work is one of the defining debates of our time. As artificial intelligence transforms labour markets, a central question is emerging: how do we know what work is, who is doing […]
How ambient technology can benefit workers was originally…
The Last Word: Not every graduate role will disappear. The issue is not the end of the junior career, but the need for firms to redesign it. For years, the first rung of professional life was built from work nobody especially loved. Junior bankers checked models. Consultants cleaned slides. Lawyers reviewed documents. Graduates wrote first […]
The first rung is vanishing was originally published…
Replacing GDP targets with wellbeing sounds appealing. Those (very) few countries that have tried it are retreating from the idea, however. Zack Polanski delivered his first major economic speech as Green Party leader in London in March. A Green government, he said, would scrap targets for gross domestic product and judge itself by how it […]
Beyond the bottom line was originally published on…
Tech layoffs driven by AI adoption follow the same cyclical patterns that preceded the collapse of historical empires—rapid expansion, automation of labor, and social destabilization. Understanding these historical precedents reveals uncomfortable truths about where unchecked AI automation may lead
Yes, minimal makeup is the clean girl aesthetic — but it's getting a major AI upgrade. In 2025, skin analysis apps, automated routines, and algorithm-driven recommendations are transforming how we achieve that 'effortless' glow. The irony? Looking naturally flawless now requires AI.
AI-powered matching algorithms are transforming how creators get paid by brands. YEET's platform uses data analysis and automation to connect influencers with campaigns instantly—no cold emails needed.
Over the past few years, the hybrid work market went through several overlapping transitions in […]
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Humanoid robots have been everywhere lately. They’re running half-marathons in Beijing. They’re chasing wild boars off the streets of Warsaw. They’re getting put to work as airport baggage handlers, waste sorters, and traffic cops. They’re walking the red carpet with first lady Melania Trump at the White House. They’re even being ordained as Buddhist monks. […]
The Last Word: Leadership alignment, behaviour, and talent matter far more than whether employees are merely experimenting with AI tools. For the past two years, the conversation around artificial intelligence has largely been framed as a technology race: which firms are adopting fastest, which models are strongest, which countries are ahead, which jobs are vulnerable. […]
The courage to get AI…
Countries that recognise nomads as potential long-term contributors create frameworks for sovereignty and pathways to permanent residency. The Instagram fantasy is fading. As the first generation of digital nomads approaches middle age (the average nomad is now 36 years old) the limitations of lifestyle-driven mobility are becoming apparent. What began as an escape from cubicle […]
From nomad to…
The darker side of digital nomadism. Our newfound ability to work from anywhere creates problems for nomads, locals, and policymakers alike. The laptop-toting, café-hopping digital nomad has become the poster child for modern work-life balance. However, behind the Instagram-worthy sunsets and beachside Zoom calls lies a more complex reality that even the most wanderlust-addled remote […]
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The Last Word: We’re not entering the age of artificial intelligence. We’re re-entering the age of energy, this time with better marketing. Europe has spent much of April watching the Strait of Hormuz like a pressure gauge on the boiler room of the global economy. In recent days, Brussels warned that a prolonged Iran conflict […]
The weight of intelligence was originally published on Emerging…
Devon Fritz had his midlife crisis a little early. He spent his 20s writing tax software, staying on track to hit all the life targets he’d set for himself: house, kids, financial security. And then, one day, he did the math and projected forward what the next 20 years of his life would look like. […]
The case for institutionalising long-term thinking in government is growing, but the results of experiments carried out so far are mixed. The Welsh government’s Future Generations Commissioner publishes an annual report, and the 2025 edition runs to 147 pages. It covers climate targets, biodiversity loss, health spending structures, food security, health inequalities, the future of […]
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The Last Word: Work is no longer about location A few weeks ago, I listened to yet another office-versus-remote panel discussion and had the distinct feeling of watching executives argue over the seating plan on a ship whose engine had already been replaced. The familiar positions were all there. Some insisted that culture needs proximity. […]
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Artificial intelligence was supposed to make work fairer. New data suggest it may do the opposite. When Anne, a data entry clerk, watched an IBM PC arrive on her desk in 1986, her job was gone within a year. Four decades on, a social-media manager watches ChatGPT draft the posts she once wrote. The difference, […]
Mind the AI gender gap was originally published on Emerging Europe.
There’s something sad about seeing a humanoid robot lying on the floor. Without any electricity, these bipedal machines can’t stand up, so if they’re powered down and not hanging from a winch, they’re sprawled out on the floor, staring up at you, helpless. That’s how I met Atlas a couple of months ago. I’d seen […]