Edge Of Difference

Issue #24 AI raised the bar. Has your inclusion strategy kept up? Welcome to our new subscribers, and to those of you who have been subscribing for the last year. We have just reached one year of Edge Of Difference and these emails. With so many stories and learning shared. Here's what we share in From The Edges. We scan the news and social media and find the stories that matter to people leaders. We find the mistakes we can learn from, the glimmers that give us ideas and hope, and how that...

Issue #24 The erasure effect: five ways your company erases talent without knowing it We have taken a look at the news stories over the last month. One pattern runs through all of them. A generation is abandoning the corporate ladder entirely. An AI billboard celebrating a woman who never answers back. A gender pay gap is closing on boards where the pay itself is falling. Workers are going quiet, not because things have improved, but because they can't afford to fight. A centuries-old craft...

Issue #23 Does Your AI Strategy Have a People Problem? AI is moving so fast. Are your working methods keeping up? And how are you looking at your AI strategy and how that impacts your people strategy? In the past few weeks, we have been tracking the news stories. We have seen warnings about AI replacing entry-level roles, with thousands of graduates unable to find work. We see employees staying silent about mistakes and afraid to speak up. We can also see government moves to improve maternity...

Issue #22 Inclusion Under Pressure - From The Edges Leaders tell us inclusion matters. The question is, does it still matter when things get difficult? Or is it the first thing to go when you make budget cuts? Pressure changes behaviour. Deadlines tighten. Budgets shrink. Complaints surface. Reputations feel fragile. And in those moments, values are often quietly renegotiated. Not in policy documents or leadership statements, but in decisions made quickly, behind closed doors, by a small...

Issue #21 Leading Differently - From The Edges We are kicking off 2026 on the theme of 'Leading Differently'. Leaders who can understand and value differences are the leaders who can engage and inspire teams. These are skills that leaders and future leaders can learn. Leading with differences is what makes leaders successful and inclusive. This edition of From The Edges gives you our thoughts on what this year will bring. With insights from the world around us and special offers to get you...

Issue #20 Culture Shocks or Culture Rise? Your December Inclusion Toolkit - From The Edges As the year closes, many leaders are asking harder questions about culture, trust and inclusion. 2025 showed us that good intentions are no longer enough. Culture is being tested in real time. This edition of From The Edges gives you our December Inclusion Toolkit so you can be ready to take action. Start here: Free resources for leaders We have dug into the research, listened to the stories people...

Issue #19 From The Edges This special edition of From The Edges brings you something big. Our new report, Culture Clash or Culture Rise? 15 Inclusion Trends for 2026 is now ready for you to download. We have dug into the research, listened to the stories people shared with us, analysed feedback from our programmes, reviewed social conversations, and gathered insights from leaders across sectors. From a long list of emerging signals, we refined the findings down to the 15 trends every People...

Edition 18 Rewriting Work: From The Edges Welcome to our new monthly edition of From The Edges. We find the stories that matter and bring them to you in this email. We can be inspired by the wins and learn from things that have gone wrong. The weekly edition of this email is now in our LinkedIn newsletter, which you can subscribe to here Subscribe to From The Edges on LinkedIn Stories From The Edges: Work is changing faster than most systems can keep up with. Artificial intelligence is...

From The Edges From Edge Of Difference The Equity Illusion From The Edges Edition 17 We go to the edges to find the stories that matter Fairness and equity are stories that we celebrate. We celebrate rising wages, new health checks, better access for passengers, and even life-changing medical breakthroughs. Progress is there to be seen. But when you look closer, the picture is not complete. A new report shows that Black and Brown children are still at the sharp end of poverty in the UK. Bias...