In my time as a junior at ThoughtWorks, I was blessed to have opportunities to grow and develop my skills on several interesting projects, with the help of some amazing people. In this article, I want to share the strategy I used to maximize my professional development. If you’re in a similar position, I hope this will help you make your first steps into tech successful. If you’re a senior or team lead, I hope that this will help you to support juniors in growing and becoming productive. If you’re a company, I hope that this will provide some context for how to hire and staff junior developers.

Interview preparation by employers is an important aspect of ensuring a great candidate experience and therefore hiring the best talent.

Automation is set to impact every single aspect of the workplace. It’s already begun to replace tasks and processes done by humans which don’t require complex decision making. For example, a company called Momentum Machines has created a robot that will make and flip a hamburger in under 10 seconds. Imagine how this would make you feel if you worked in the fast food industry. Eventually, as artificial intelligence evolves, humans will make fewer and fewer decisions. A study by Oxford University researchers estimates that 47 per cent of U.S. jobs could be automated within the next two decades.

Traditionally, IT departments operate differently from the ‘delivery’ teams within the organisation. This excuses them from being seen through the same lens as the delivery teams.

Frazer Bennett, chief innovation officer at PA Consulting Group shares his insights with Bill Goodwin, Content Editor at Computer Weekly on how firms can be more innovative.

Is it time to envision a new operating model for FP&A—one that dramatically elevates its contribution to the organisation?

After the 2008 global financial crisis, global leaders pledged to avoid protectionist measures in order to speed up economic recovery and boost growth. However, protectionism has been rising since. Is a retreat from globalisation possible? If not, what is the way forward?

According to the consulting.uk industry website, market growth for Management Consultancies is set to continue healthy through 2017/18, with ongoing and increasing demand for expert consulting services.

Intelligent deployment leads to improved productivity and efficiency for your business and enables you to act swiftly on your transformation, measure performance, and analyze results.

Three significant business technology trends will enable business leaders to thrive over the next five to 10 years. Artificial intelligence (AI), transparently immersive experiences and new digital platforms will provide the foundation that enables organizations to connect with new business ecosystems.

Our innovation leadership assessment reveals how your organisation’s attitude and approach to innovation could be affecting your performance. Answer 14 questions and get a detailed analysis of how successful your organisation is at innovation. It will only take 5-10 minutes to complete.

You may think writing a CV is straight forward, but mediocre CVs are the norm and don’t do an applicant justice.

IT departments are on the verge of being irrelevant to businesses. Increasingly, there is a need to reinvent themselves and align better with the business. The industry is at crossroads, where they need to choose between being merely seen as a cost center in the organization, and instead, take the lead to be an important and influential partner in the business.

High performing is a team property, a temporary state which needs attention if teams want to keep on performing well. Things you can do to build a high performing team include creating safety, investing in developing collaboration skills, and giving peer-to-peer feedback.

This article on pitching your idea is adapted from the Strategy Workout book by Clare Segal and Bernard Ross (Pearson 2016). Having an idea is only the start of your communications journey. You need to know who can make the decision to back your idea, and then pitch it to them.

Since 2012, Moorhouse has conducted an annual survey of senior leaders on the challenges they face in implementing change. Our findings draw on the views of over 200 board members and the senior leaders that work most closely with them, from organisations across private and public sectors.

We know organisations today have much less influence over their customers' buying behaviours. And the customer-led revolution, what we call 'Customer 4.0', calls for businesses to really get to grips with the end outcomes customers seek.

70% of manufacturing companies that were on the Fortune 1000 list ten years ago have vanished. Survivors include IBM, Boeing, General Motors, John Deere, Rolls Royce, and Philips – they are market leaders because they continuously renew offerings, recharge capabilities and redesign their organisations.

At Oracle’s recent Modern Business Experience (MBX) event in London, virtually every business in attendance agreed on one thing: it’s never been more important to ensure both your corporate culture and approach to technology lend themselves to a constantly evolving customer experience.

-PwC surveyed 10,000 people across the UK, Germany, China, India and the US