Great to hear Baroness Martha Lane Fox on BBC World at One highlighting IFOW's research for the Mayor of London's AI and Jobs Taskforce. Responding to OECD reports that a majority of London jobs face risk, Fox drew on IFOW's Taskforce research to emphasise how AI is changing jobs, tasks and roles.

Over the past few days, we’ve been speaking to young people across Cornwall about their hopes, ambitions, and concerns for the future of work. From graduates to school-leavers, all are young people who should be embarking on pathways into good work equipped with the right skills and experience.

Nearly 1 million young people in the UK are not in education, employment, or training (NEET). IFOW Director Anna Thomas joined BBC 5Live to respond to these latest Milburn Review findings, highlighting the complex, structural challenges shaping young people's transitions from education to work.

We've heard from a range of brilliant panellists - including from Dr A-Marie I. - Co-Chair of the Women in Tech Taskforce, John Amaechi OBE, Phil Smith CBE (Head of Skills England), Kate Field from the BSI, and others - all getting into the details of how we can transform working lives for good.

Fantastic day in progress at our Making the Future Work Conference, with Lord Patrick Vallance, Minister of State for Science, Innovation, Research and Nuclear, emphasising the need for 'good work design' to be centred in AI adoption.

Brilliant to be at the Shard this week with @cipdpolicy.bsky.social, discussing our research from @innovateuk.bsky.social BridgeAI programme - exploring how to drive positive outcomes through responsible AI adoption in the workplace.

Fantastic to have our IFOW Co-Founder Anna thomas join AI for CFO’s panel, hosted by @economist.com earlier this week.

Fantastic to attend @ufitrust.bsky.social's showcase last week as part of #WeekofVocTech, to both see and take part in impressive demonstrations from across the #VocTech community and better understand how emerging technologies are being applied to skills development, training, and access to work.

...a new blog from the government's AI Security Institute, about work on productivity that we collaborated on. Hope you enjoy reading! www.ifow.org/news-articles/march-mid-month-spotlight

Fantastic to be at the Grimsby Port Offices yesterday, showcasing Flourish to a diverse group of careers and training professionals, community stakeholders, researchers, and local authority and green business representatives.

Building responsible AI adoption is a sociotechnical challenge - one where HR, organisational strategy, and work design form part of successful AI implementation processes. 👀 Look out for the first publication from this research, out tomorrow!

Fantastic to be at BridgeAI's Annual Showcase yesterday, discussing our ongoing work with the @cipdpolicy.bsky.social on the crucial role of people and organisations in shaping pathways to responsible AI adoption at work.

Great to be at @bloomberg.com today to hear DSIT Secretary of State, Liz Kendall announce a new cross-government AI and the Future of Work Unit. We are particularly thrilled that our Co-Director, Dr Abby Gilbert has been invited to sit on the Unit's Expert Panel: www.ifow.org/news-article...

It's no secret that new technologies are changing skills demands. Last week, the @financialtimes.com carried a graph reinforcing the dual importance of both mathematical and social skills - but emphasising that social skills are driving higher wage roles.

The note also uses automation archetypes to help classify AI use in the workplace, as well as considering levels of regional 'readiness' in relation to job creation and automation.

Fantastic to host an expert roundtable this morning focused on reseasrch by @clemicollett.bsky.social on the impacts of GenAI on the novel, with high-level representation from parliament, policymaking and publishing.

The panel discussed how local employees, employers, communities, and regional leaders must be empowered to shape the future of work and sustained economic growth through technological transformation.

Thanks to all who attended the APPG on the Future of Work yesterday, focused on good jobs and regional growth, with particular thanks to our panel - Lord Jim Knight, Josie Crescent-Moon, Prof @vdanat.bsky.social, Georgina Maratheftis, Eve Navias, and Prof Chris Warhurst.

Exciting to have IFOW Research Fellow Dr @clemicollett.bsky.social on BBC's Today programme this morning, discussing her new report 'The Impact of Generative AI on the Novel'. The research, co-published with IFOW, reveals wide concern among novelists on #copyright, GenAI book imitations and more.

A new report by Deel examines global policy debates on AI and the future of work, and how to create practical solutions to empower workers, companies and governments alike. On regulation, IFOW Founding Director Anna Thomas MBE is quoted in the report saying this: www.deel.com/blog/ai-work...

Great to have IFOW trustee Professor Gina Neff on the BBC this Sunday, speaking to the increasingly urgent need for strong regulation and trusted AI systems as more and more digital products and platforms are embedded with AI explainers, assistants and chatbots.

Great to be at @bectu.bsky.social's roundtable in parliament yesterday, marking the launch of Bectu's Big Survey on the creative industries. The report highlights ten key challenges for workers in the screen industries, including the post-Covid slowdown, job insecurity, low pay and poor conditions.

We support the increase to Real Living Wage rates and the uplift for workers across the country. But to call attention to better work also means considering what constitutes good work in the round - autonomy, dignity, wellbeing and equality must also come into play.

Exciting to be in both Grimsby and Cornwall this week with our community researchers, synthesising data from 50 researcher interviews. We created design challenges and continued developing prototypes for our Flourish programme, working regionally to bring together job seekers and employers.

Skills, regional development and labour market participation were raised in the House of Lords this week, so we're looking back at @ippr.org and @thespectator1828.bsky.social panel, where discussions focused on supporting workers into and sustaining good work through technological transformation.

However, our research also showed that new technologies can enable greater autonomy and flexibility at work, improving overall wellbeing for many workers. What we know is workers must be actively engaged in processes of technology adoption to successfully manage risks and impacts.

TFI Friday? For #WorldMentalHealthDay, we're flagging the importance of work to our wellbeing. Our interviews with workers, taken as part of our Pissarides Review, surfaced how new technologies can lead to the intensification of work, concerns about surveillance and loneliness...

But how should this newly freed-up time be used? Unmanaged, time savings do not guarantee productivity gains or improved worker wellbeing. How do we ensure that adopting new technologies does not lead to work intensification or reduced autonomy for workers?