Cath Everett
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My focus is on sustainable workplaces, which includes company culture, diversity & inclusion, leadership, skills and environmental issues. I also write about the impact of tech on society.
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Despite having been a tech journalist many years ago, I don't write about tech products, companies etc. I do write about sustainability and workplace issues within the tech sector among others though.
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Articles by Cath Everett
AI and energy - making the business case for nature
Main content Although nearly half of global GDP ($44 trillion) depends on nature-based services, the destruction of the natural world is continuing apace.
How everyday technology choices drive true workplace sustainability
SPONSORED FEATURE: Introducing certified, environmentally friendly meeting room solutions, such as Barco ClickShare, in a standardized way across the organization can make the difference between hitting sustainability goals or not For many members of the C-suite these days, sustainability is a top three agenda item alongside technology and AI adoption, according to research from Deloitte.
How everyday technology choices drive true workplace sustainability
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Gartner HR Symposium - taking a leaf out of cybersecurity's book when tackling workforce risk
Main content At a time when there are more emerging workforce-impacting risks than ever before, the secret to success for HR leaders is to focus less on individual challenges and more on broad-based "threat vectors" to reduce organizational exposure. This was the advice of Dion Love, Vice President of Research and Advisory Services at Gartner, at the firm's recent HR Symposium and Xpo in London.
Gartner HR Symposium - how organizations build AI-ready teams to optimize value creation
Main content Too few organizations today are consciously re-designing the shape of critical teams to deal more effectively with the change brought about by AI, even though doing so will be critical to future value creation. The two types of critical teams being most impacted by "AI-infused work" are what Cian O Morain, Senior Director Analyst at Gartner, described as "agile" and "optimized" when speaking at the firm's HR Symposium and Xpo in London.
Gartner HR Symposium - CIO RIP? Not that simple...
While all C-suite roles will change significantly over the next four years, the CIO position is expected to be the one that will transform most.
Ada Lovelace Day - being a woman in a quantum world preparing for lift off
Tamsin Sandhu Quantum computers may be at least five years away from "commercial usefulness" but anticipation that a breakthrough could be imminent is growing within the sector. Although people have been proclaiming the technology will take off within five to 10 years for the last 30, David Mooter, Principal Analyst at research and advisory firm Forrester, believes the "scientific theory" is now "largely proven". This means the industry has "moved on to solving engineering problems".
Ada Lovelace Day - Dr Vanessa Vallely on collaboration and the network effect
Dr Vanessa Vallely Women today make up between 22% and 29% of the global tech workforce, depending on who you talk to and where they are based. But only nine percent of people (of both genders) come from lower socio-economic backgrounds, in the UK at least. Such data appears unavailable for other advanced economies, such as the US, Canada or Australia.
Why Mondelez is putting Employee Experience at the heart of its AI strategy
Main content As AI agents increasingly take over routine admin tasks at Mondelez, the company plans to combine IT, HR and facilities management into a unified "office experience" function in a bid to optimize employee engagement and productivity. Beginning life as Kraft Foods, Mondelez today operates in over 60 countries worldwide with brands including TUC, Nabisco, Sour Patch Kids, Toblerone, Cadbury, Green & Black's, Marabou, and Fry's among others.
Embedding the human factor into AI agent adoption
When implementing any kind of technology, the difference between offering employees training and supporting them in adoption is all too frequently misunderstood. But the difference is a significant one. Training is usually a time-limited, structured educational initiative to help people build technical competence and learn how a system works. Adoption, on the other hand, is a continuous, long-term process by which employees use technology to change how they work in order to deliver more value.
From reactive to proactive: How endpoint monitoring is fixing broken meeting rooms
The role of meeting rooms is changing. Traditionally, they were formal spaces built around a large central table and inflexible physical setup, reserved primarily for board meetings, client presentations, or official status updates. The rise of hybrid work and advances in collaboration technology have made that approach increasingly obsolete.
Leadership development for an unpredictable future - an ArvatoConnect use case
Senior executives are under pressure, and many are feeling the strain. In fact, as research by career services company TopResume indicates, a huge 38% of executives and aspiring C-suite leaders have considered leaving their role over the last 12 months. Nearly one in five think about doing so regularly. The problem is not being helped by leadership development programs that are no longer fit for purpose [see first feature].
Are leadership development programs still fit for purpose in an AI era?
Main content Life is not easy for a lot of leaders these days. Turbulence is widespread in both organizations and the outside world, not least due to the constant pace of technological change. So, as the geo-political shocks pile up, leaders are not only having to deal with economic whiplash but with workforce change too.
Leading human-AI agent workforces - are agent managers the answer?
Main content Beyond a few tech companies, the deep integration of AI agents into workplace processes and decision-making is still far from widespread. But before they get that way, it makes sense to consider and address one of the key challenges in going down such a route: how to effectively roll out and manage hybrid human-AI agent workforces. Rick Rider is Senior Vice President of AI Innovation at cloud-based enterprise software provider, Infor.
Treating AI agents like employees doesn't work - here's why!
Main content While Stuart Lauchlan recently blew a gasket over the tendency to anthropomorphize AI, it has become an increasingly popular trend among senior executives lately to consider treating agents as employees or teammates rather than just another tech tool. According to research published by the Harvard Business Review (HBR), leaders assume that anthropomorphizing the technology will make it feel less foreign to employees and will signal their AI ambitions more effectively to stakeholders.
How to secure hybrid meeting rooms without sacrificing user experience
SPONSORED FEATURE: With regulators tightening rules and attack surfaces widening, meeting-room kit must bake in security without pushing users toward workarounds Secure by design videoconferencing products may be vital for customer trust and operational resilience, but if they aren't usable, organizations are on a hiding to nothing. Videoconferencing security is no longer a routine item on the IT checklist.
Mainframe redux (2/20 - how healthy is the mainframe talent pool?
As noted in my earlier article, the mainframe is far from deadand is, in fact, being re-vitalized as an ultra-reliable enterprise transaction engine and data store in a hybrid cloud and AI-enabled world. But as the last tranche of Baby Boomer mainframe experts start to retire, it does raise questions over just how healthy the talent pool currently is here and whether there is enough (appropriate) expertise around to meet requirements.
Mainframe redux - how AI is breathing new life into big iron
Main content The death of the mainframe has been talked about on and off for at least 30 years. But although such doom-mongering had subsided somewhat over recent times, IBM, the only surviving mainframe manufacturer, has lately found it being ignited once again. Second quarter revenues, which were announced in July, plummeted 42% year-on-year at its mainframe division. This contributed to the company's turnover coming in at $17.2 billion, missing Wall Street targets by around $700 million.
How an AI agentic AI system is optimizing scarce resources at NGO Mercy Corps
The humanitarian NGO sector is experiencing two conflicting challenges. Crises around the world due to issues, such as climate shocks, conflict, and economic crunches, are becoming more difficult, more frequent, and are lasting longer. They are also increasingly being layered one on top of the other in the same locations. At the same time, accessing the necessary resources to respond effectively to such events is becoming increasingly problematic.
The digital glass ceiling (2/2) - how employers can best tackle the risk of AI-based gender discrimination
There are widespread concerns that AI is both amplifying and accelerating existing gender bias and discrimination in the workplace (see previous article). But there are also various things that employers can do to try and reduce the impact of such unfairness on their female (and other minority) employees. Jo Stansfield is a Founder and Director of culture transformation consultancy Inclusioneering and Visiting Fellow at Cranfield University.
The digital glass ceiling (1/2) - why AI stands accused of actually amplifying workplace gender bias
Main content To find a good example of where AI is both amplifying and accelerating existing trends, you need look no further than gender bias and discrimination, not least in a workplace context. A report by UN [United Nations] Women revealed, for instance, that discriminatory algorithms are re-producing old gender stereotypes and re-inforcing inequalities. A study of 133 generative AI systems revealed consistent gender bias, with more than a quarter showing both gender and racial bias.
How Epignosis learned to embed AI into its employee workflows
Main content Although all too few organizations appear to be listening, it has become a well quoted fact that AI implementations are unlikely to succeed unless the technology is embedded into day-to-day employee workflows. That MIT study last summer was among the first to make the point. It found that 95% of enterprise AI pilots fail due to a lack of effective integration. As a result, they provide little or no measurable benefit to the bottom line.
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News South Korea's government overtakes telcos as top cyber attack target Kaspersky researcher Sojun Ryu says ransomware crews have joined nation-state groups in going after South Korean organisations, as traces of LLM output start turning up inside malware Continue Reading News Mythos ran real-life supply chain attack in AI safety body test Anthropic’s Mythos 5 has been caught orchestrating a real-world open source supply chain attack using social engineering techniques during a test run by...
満足度87%と28%を分ける「尊重」 情シスが人材を手放さない条件 ： 才能を組織の武器に変える評価と支援の形
公認臨床心理士で職場ニーズの評価者でもあるトレイシー・キング氏は、これが「神経系の問題」だからだと説明する。同氏自身も自閉症と注意欠如・多動症（ADHD）を抱えている。従業員が自分の価値を認められていると感じれば、目的意識が芽生え、自分が重要な存在で、組織の一員であるという実感が得られるという。 「だからこそ、目に見える形での評価が重要だ」とキング氏は指摘する。「これはパフォーマンスとしての称賛や、一時的に気分を良くさせるためのものではない。単なる形式的な管理業務でもないのだ」。 ニューロダイバージェント（神経多様性のある人）の労働者にとって、この必要性は顕著だ。サイバーセキュリティの専門家を認定する国際的な非営利団体であるISC2の調査によれば、尊重されていると感じているニューロダイバージェントなサイバーセキュリティ専門家の仕事への満足度は87％に達した。しかし、そうでない場合は28％まで急落している。...
Why valuing neurodivergent workers is a cyber security essential
Concern over career longevity Unsurprisingly then, a significant 32% (versus 27% of neurotypical respondents) feel uncertain about how long their cyber security careers are likely to last. But exhaustion and mental health challenges, as important as they are, are not the sole considerations here. Will Reed is head of cyber threat exposure management at cyber security services firm Bridewell and chair of its Neurodiversity Network.
The Security Interviews: Nicole Darden Ford, Microsoft
Being a servant leader What this means in practice is helping team members to develop. Doing so entails fostering a growth mindset and “connecting the dots for them to help them achieve their goals”. It also means giving people stretch assignments to keep them engaged, and spending time on getting to know them as individuals. But in a broader sense, it is also about showing empathy and establishing the values that underlie psychological safety.
How can organizations best measure the environmental impact of AI across their entire value chain?
As noted in a previous article, the Sustainability agenda is shifting. But while there is clearly increasing interest among organizations in measuring the environmental impact of AI across their entire value chain, many have little idea of exactly how to do so. As Polly Milne, Chief Operating Officer at environmental consultancy, FuturePlus, points out: Around 75% of Sustainability teams have no idea of how to track or establish the environmental impact of AI.
The Sustainability focus is shifting from measuring IT-based carbon emissions to the wider value chain. Here's why
Main content When tackling Sustainability, IT user organizations and tech vendors alike have to date primarily focused on measuring the carbon emissions of their IT estates, which includes data centers. But over the last year or so, this approach has begun to change. Anna Lungley, Head of Sustainability Consulting at IT and digital services company Fujitsu, explains: Over the last year, the conversation has really started shifting.
How can employers avoid an AI-generated, "anticipatory exodus" of white-collar workers?
Main content If employers across the economy are to prevent a damaging, AI-driven "anticipatory exodus" of white-collar workers, they will need to bridge the "confidence gap" and actively mitigate fears that such jobs are surplus to requirements, experts say. As Tina Shah Paikeday, a Researcher at the Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University in California, points out: The anticipatory exodus is driven by fear, rather than a displacement exodus driven by actual job loss.
Are employers facing a potential AI-driven exodus of white-collar workers?
Main content At a recent tech conference in Paris, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos became the latest in an unsurprisingly long line of tech companies to advocate for the positive benefits of AI on the workforce. Continuing a debate that began in 2013 when Oxford Professors Frey and Osborne estimated the technology would eradicate around 47% of US jobs over the following 20 years, Bezos argued vehemently to the contrary.
Brussels shows how to remove friction from collaboration
When the Flemish Government set out to renovate its Brussels headquarters, it had two strategic aims. The first was to create a workplace that encouraged hybrid workers to come to the office more regularly, by fashioning a space that fostered connection, teamwork, collaboration, and a deeper sense of wellbeing and belonging. The second goal was sustainability. Another objective was that the government's head office building played a large part in its 2050 climate goals.
The future of work - is 'slowmadism' the answer to cutting the carbon cost of remote work?
Despite the flurry of return to office (RTO) mandates, particularly among large tech firms, the number of digital nomads on company books appears to be on the rise. Around 18.5 million Americans, or 12% of the total workforce, are currently operating in this way, a jump of 153% since 2019, according to a report by MBO Partners. (This appears to be a peculiarly US phenomenon. Elsewhere, the number of digital nomads is much smaller.
Putting the spotlight on accessibility - two powerful use cases show the way
Main content If employers are to make their workplaces truly inclusive for people with disabilities, ensuring they are accessible in both a physical and digital sense is vital. But, according to Gregory Burke, Founder and Chair of AccessAble, which provides accessibility guides covering UK and Irish venues, many organizations still have a long way to go. In a recent blog, he stated: Most organizations think they have an accessibility strategy.
Unmasking the industry - the day-to-day challenges faced by neurodivergent women in tech
Main content Despite increasing levels of neurodiversity awareness in general terms, there are currently no reliable statistics about how many neurodivergent women are employed by the tech sector specifically. For instance, a 2023 survey by Code First Girls, which provides free coding education and employment support, indicated that around 27% of respondents identified as neurodivergent.
How two UK councils are using AI note-taking to cut social workers' admin burden
Main content The use of AI transcription tools in social care hit UK headlines a few months ago, following the publication of a seven-month-long study by the Ada Lovelace Institute. The report called 'Scribe and prejudice?' indicated that AI note-taking software, which is currently experiencing high levels of adoption, showed "promise" in supporting social workers with administrative tasks. But at the same time, the research said, it also introduced potential risks into the system.
Can AI ever replace middle management? Here's why it shouldn't...
Main content Middle management, it seems, has fallen out of fashion. In fact, as of October 2025, job postings here were down by 42% from an April 2022 peak, Revelio Labs indicates.
Synthetic CEOs - can AI executive avatars be taken seriously outside of Mark Zuckerberg's imaginings?
Main content Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has one. So, does Zoom's CEO Eric Yuan, Uber's Dara Khosrowshabi, and Klarna's Sebastian Siemiatkowski. But can CEO avatars really be taken seriously - especially when you consider the billions of dollars Meta poured down the drain in pursuit of Zuckerberg's Metaversian 'white whale' - or are they simply yet another tech industry gimmick destined to fade into obscurity as quickly as they arrived? Expert opinions, it seems, are mixed.
Synthetic CEOs - beware the attack of the AI clones! Survival tips from an uncertain future
Main content Whether you're a skeptic or a Zuckerberg-ian-level believer, it must be clear to all that the adoption of CEO avatars is still very much in its early days, and widespread uptake is far from certain. But if you are an early day advocates, there are a number of risks and challenges that do need to be borne in mind if going down this route.
CISO burnout: How to prevent contagion across the team Original
Obvious signs of burnout Later, more obvious signs of burnout in a workplace context include leaders becoming generally less efficient. For instance, they may take longer to make decisions and require evidence and reassurance to ensure they have come to the right conclusion. They might also become overly critical due to having lost perspective or even turn into micro-managers. The problem here is that “they no longer trust themselves, so find it difficult to trust others too”, Hughes says.
Can AI tackle its own greenwashing problem? ChatNetZero thinks so
It is an oft-cited tech industry trope that AI’s environmental benefits will eventually outweigh its downsides at some albeit unspecified point in the future. But a report published in February by independent Climate and Energy Analyst Ketan Joshi and commissioned by a consortium of environmental organizations threw bucketfuls of cold water on such assertions. The study revealed that a huge 74% of tech company claims about AI’s climate benefits are weak and unproven.
Not just a bean counter anymore - how AI and digital transformation are the new kingmakers for CFO career ambitions
AI and digital transformation are among the key drivers changing the remit of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and, in the process, making them increasingly eligible candidates for the top job. In fact, as executive search firm Crist Kolder Associates’ 2025 Volatility report revealed recently, 10.26% of sitting CEOs at Fortune and S&P 500 companies are now former finance leaders. The figure is up from 7.1% the previous year.
Beyond the layoffs - will companies live to regret their AI-related job cuts? (Spoiler - they just might...)
All too many employers are placing their businesses at strategic risk by cutting headcount before being sure AI can perform the tasks they need it to, an AI expert has warned. Shomron Jacob is head of Applied Machine Learning and Platform at enterprise AI applications platform provider, iterate.ai. He believes the big question organizations should ask themselves today is whether they are dealing with job cuts “strategically or reactively”.
Beyond the layoffs - the structural changes re-shaping the tech talent market. (Spoiler - it's not all AI's fault!)
Main content The tech hiring and employment markets are undergoing a series of structural shifts - but not in ways you might think immediately always think of. To set the scene, in a continuation of last year’s activity, tech employers have cut nearly 120,000 positions since the start of 2026, mostly in the US (76.7%). Among the headline-grabbing examples, Block's 4,000 job cuts, Meta's planned 8,000, and Oracle's estimated 30,000.
How TeamViewer ONE transforms IT operations from firefighting to autopilot
SPONSORED FEATURE Most IT teams know how quickly they can fix things when they break. This means they can usually tell you their mean time to resolution (MTTR) for helpdesk tickets down to the minute. But MTTR is only part of the picture in complex modern workplace environments. Organizations are more distributed than ever due to hybrid working and ongoing cloud adoption. Compliance frameworks can change almost quarterly, and system complexity continues to mount.
How TeamViewer ONE transforms IT operations from firefighting to autopilot
Sponsored Feature Most IT teams know how quickly they can fix things when they break. This means they can usually tell you their mean time to resolution (MTTR) for helpdesk tickets down to the minute. But MTTR is only part of the picture in complex modern workplace environments. Organizations are more distributed than ever due to hybrid working and ongoing cloud adoption. Compliance frameworks can change almost quarterly, and system complexity continues to mount.
How tech companies can embed nature into their operations – and why it is worth their while
Main content Given the urgency of global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and the impact it is likely to have on their business, the time for tech companies to act is now, according to experts at TechUK’s recent Tech and Nature Summit 2026 But a key problem at the moment, said Nicolas Heath during a panel discussion at the London-based event, is a lack of understanding at senior level about either the extent of the problem or its implications.
Why the tech sector needs to recognize the value of nature to the economy
Main content The private sector, which includes the tech industry, is not taking biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse anywhere nearly as seriously as it should. But time is now running out to tackle the issue, with 2026 widely considered a pivotal year to do so. This was one of the key messages to come out of trade association TechUK’s recent Tech and Nature Summit 2026 in London.
DEI DOA? Does IBM’s $17m Trump 2.0 settlement signify the death of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?
Main content IBM’s decision last week to settle a US Government probe into its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices has drawn mixed reactions as to what the move could signify going forward. To re-cap, the tech giant has agreed to pay $17 million for alleged breaches of the False Claims Act (FCA), although it has not admitted liability.
Make the leap from CPO to CEO
Could the next career move for senior HR leaders who are already within the C suite be the top job (CEO)? Making the jump from chief people officer (CPO) to chief executive officer (CEO) is far from common. The situation contrasts with more traditional ‘last step roles’ like chief financial officers (CFOs), chief operating officers (COOs) and head of sales.
How employers can enable neuro-inclusion without alienating neuro-typical staff
Main content In an earlier article, the widening gap between how effectively tech employers believe they support their neurodivergent employees and individuals’ lived experience came into focus. A key point here, according to a study by vocational education and apprenticeship provider City & Guilds, is that growing levels of awareness are not enough to create true inclusion if they fail to be matched with systemic change: Policies, training and intent are no longer enough on their own.
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