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Leadership Futures

In this series, Henley experts reveal how to innovate, drive sustainable growth and make a positive impact in this new era.

Leadership Futures: Advancing into Industry 5.0

This report, the first in a series of four, explores how leaders can adapt to this human-centric, sustainable era by leveraging human-machine collaboration, engaging Gen Z talent and driving social responsibility.

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Leadership Futures: Advancing into Industry 5.0

Leadership Futures: Building a People First Future

This report offers practical guidance to help leaders navigate these changes. Refresh your thinking around leadership and talent and discover how to build workplaces that are inclusive, sustainable, and ready for Industry 5.0.

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Leadership Futures: Building a People First Future

Welcome to the Omniployment Era

3000 full-time professionals told us the key reasons they apply for and stay in a job. Their responses revealed a workforce with split expectations. How do businesses attract and retain talent from this segmented workforce?

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Research at the World of Work Institute

AI and assisted living technology - Henley and Reading Council win £1m grant

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AI and automation

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Menopause has a PR problem

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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

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Using AI to diagnose arthritis - Professor Weizi Li wins funding

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AI and automation

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Podcast - The Inclusive Exclusive

In our new podcast we explore equity in organisations, bringing powerful insights from academic research together with real-world stories and thought-provoking interviews on topics such as:

What does social mobility in businesses look like?
What does a neurodiverse workplace look like?

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Leading Insights from our academics