Gary Cookson

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Pleased to have featured on the latest episode of Learning Now TV, being interviewed by Lisa Minogue-White about the role of middle managers in the modern world of work and how we can develop the right attributes for success.

Catch it here: learningnow.tv/watch/progra...

Update. All sorted now.

My LinkedIn account has been hacked. Please disregard anything that comes from it whilst I work to have it restored.

Thanks Daniel for letting me go first. It’s an exciting day for you and I hope the series goes well!

It’s the launch of #AdventBlogs with the
theme of “its time to change”.
Our first blog comes from @garycookson.bsky.social, who I took over the curation of
#AdventBlogs from, so its only right that
he gets us started.

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Please get involved in this wonderful series of #AdventBlogs

Happy to. Worth reading Chapter 3 of Making Hybrid Working Work which covers the convergence of hybrid, AI and a new working week too.

No one ever said everyone had to do the same

It should, yes. That then raises more questions though at a societal level.

#hybridwork #futureofwork #leadership #organisationalculture… | Mark Gilroy 🏢 Hybrid working isn’t working—or is it? Gary Cookson shared a LOT of information in this session, including some research from 4 months ago, which demonstrates: it’s not the office that’s the proble...

Here’s a video summary of @garycookson.bsky.social’s awesome session on hybrid work.

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#T5S4 #LT25uk

AI holds the key to making hybrid work and improving working patterns Artificial intelligence could open up better flexibility for more people – if employers decide how they want to use it and define the problem they want it to solve, argues Gary Cookson

Sharing my views on how AI helps organisations to transform their approach to hybrid working and potentially to redesigning the working week.

www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1914...

With thanks to Eleanor Whitehouse for commissioning me to write this for People Management.

Headed to #LT25uk shortly for a day and a half. Unbelievably it’s my first time attending. Looking forward to catching up with so many people, and speaking on three occasions (twice at the Kogan Page stand, and once in the main conference).

Please come and say hello if you see me.

That’s my thinking too. They could do, and currently often do, worse.

My earlier jobs included teaching, and accountancy. I may have gone back to one of those.

Or pursued my dreams of playing football for Man Utd or being a professional wrestler.

Not given up on either dream yet. #HRHour

Other than the enormous piles of money? #HRHour

Happy birthday to my beautiful wife Katie xxx

Hybrid isn’t working - but we can fix it Key considerations organisations and their leaders need to make in order to get hybrid working

𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡 𝗨𝗦 𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗘𝗗𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗬
Hybrid working isn’t working. Organisations regularly get it wrong, causing frustration and rising tensions in the workplace. In this session Gary Cookson will examine why this is, where hybrid has come from and where it is going

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Making Hybrid Work, Work: The Future of Leadership, Culture, and AI Summary: Hybrid work isn’t failing—leadership is. In this episode of The State of Work Today podcast, Gary Cookson explains why the five-day workweek is outdated, how AI can transform HR, and what it ...

Hybrid work isn’t failing—leadership is. In this episode of The State of Work Today podcast, Gary Cookson (@garycookson.bsky.social) explains why the five-day workweek is outdated, how AI can transform HR, and what it takes to lead hybrid teams effectively.

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#30 - Making Hybrid Work, Work – with Gary Cookson The State of Work Today · Episode

If your company is struggling with productivity, culture, or engagement, this episode has the answers.

Listen now: pod.fo/e/2bb037
#Leadership #HybridWork #WorkplaceCulture #FutureOfWork #AI

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#30 - Making Hybrid Work, Work – with Gary Cookson The State of Work Today · Episode

Missed yesterday’s State of Work Today podcast? You need to catch up.

Gary Cookson joined me to talk about how companies are failing at hybrid work—and what they need to fix.

One of his biggest insights? Hybrid work isn’t the problem—bad leadership is.

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Really enjoyed taking part in this podcast

Have you read Making Hybrid Working Work?

If so, would you please leave me an Amazon review?

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Thank you in advance.

People are messing me about with my book research and it’s making me mad. They offer to help and then ghost me or, worse, try to sell me something.

Epic HR logo with a 4-day week employer badge

Congratulations to @garycookson.bsky.social for becoming a Gold Standard 4-day week employer!🥳🥳

Epic HR have made it their mission to help businesses adapt, evolve and excel. It’s clear they’ve applied the same goals to their own business by implementing a 4-day week! 🙌

Majority of women say hybrid work boosts their career progression, study shows Research finds flexible working is nearly twice as valued as parental leave, with most women prioritising it over family-focused policies

Pleased to have added my thoughts to this piece by Islam Soliman in People Management magazine on data that shows hybrid working and flexibility in general boosts women's (and by extension all working parents) career progression. What are your views?

www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1909...

Remembering Pancake Day in 2018 when I travelled 1st class on Virgin Trains and was so disappointed they didn’t serve pancakes that I tweeted them to moan. Several days later a pancake maker arrived by post, courtesy of Virgin Trains.

YouTube video by Garin & Dani - Distinction Consulting Hybrid Work Leadership Essentials for Success | Gary Cookson | OrgDev Podcast #59

Really pleased to be invited onto the OrgDev podcast hosted by Dani Bacon & Garin Rouch. It publishes today - find it wherever you get your podcasts, plus YouTube. We had a great time recording this, - I loved sharing my thoughts on how to make hybrid working work.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F6o...

Micro-retirements: social media fad or the future of work? As the trend takes off on TikTok, People Management asks if it is here to stay and how employers should respond

Pleased to have added my thoughts to this piece in People Mgt on whether the trend for “micro-retirements” has merit.

TL:DR - yes but you need enormous piles of money to do it more than once, or be prepared to work longer.

Would you be attracted to it?

www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1908...

Don’t tempt me

#HRHour

a man in a suit and tie is laying in a pile of money with a pink bunny on his head ALT: a man in a suit and tie is laying in a pile of money with a pink bunny on his head

And the best part about it?

Enormous piles of money that it made me.

#HRHour

Not really but also can’t think of ONE best part. HR is great. All of it.