Top 10 Tweets of 2020

My most popular tweets on the rapidly changing world of work

As we come to the end of 2020, here are my 10 most popular tweets this year.

Includes the new infrastructure of work using blockchain, how to design meaningful work, the decentralised workforce, the best people analytics resources, sexist AI bots, the de-humanising language of work, the employee engagement fad, digital transformation and remote working.

These are likely to be recurring themes for the Workforce Futurist newsletter in 2021

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No.1

Andrew Spence @AndySpence

The role of blockchain in the new infrastructure of work. From verified digital resumes/CVs to worker-owned matching and payment platforms. Thread (1/10) #WorkforceFuturist #HRTech #EdTech #Crypto #Blockchain #TechForGood workforcefuturist.substack.com/p/blockchain-w…

No.2

Andrew Spence @AndySpence

What Makes Work Meaningful? For individuals, and those building organisations, this is an important question. Thread (1/8) #Careers #GigEconomy #StartUp #CHRO #WorkforceFuturist #PassionEconomy workforcefuturist.substack.com/p/what-makes-w…

No.3

Andrew Spence @AndySpence

Unleashing The Decentralised Workforce There are many ways to earn in 2020 - from labourers to playbourers, preachers to teachers, carers to sharers. Thread (1/9) #WorkforceFuturist #FutureOfWork workforcefuturist.substack.com/p/unleashing-t…

No.4

Andrew Spence @AndySpence

The best HR and People Analytics articles of 2019 This is a great resource - thanks @david_green_uk #CHRO #Leadership #HRTech #OrgDev #FutureOfWork

linkedin.comThe best HR and People Analytics articles of 20192019 proved to be another momentous year for people analytics, which continues to be the fastest growing area of HR as more organisations create, grow and expand their people analytics teams. We see the growth of people analytics at first-hand at Insight222, where we are now working with over 60 glo

No.5

Andrew Spence @AndySpence

@cokiehasiotis agree - some images from a conference I was at last year...

Andrew Spence @AndySpence

There seems to be a branding theme for HR solutions using #AI #UNLEASH19 #HRTech #Marketing #chatbots https://t.co/HwGPm9ZRwF

No.6

Andrew Spence @AndySpence

In the Digital Covid age we need to rethink work, and this includes the language that we use about work. Work is not done by 'talent' People are not 'human capital'

World Economic Forum @wef

What talent means in the post-COVID-19 workplace https://t.co/SirqYEClJK https://t.co/TebRLikQJ3

No.7

Andrew Spence @AndySpence

Transforming the market for skills, work and training using blockchain Paper published in 2018 - infrastructure being built in 2020 PDF report #Privacy #CHRO #FutureOfWork #Careers #EdTech #LongRead #HRTech glassbeadconsulting.com/tools-resource…

No.8

Andrew Spence @AndySpence

The employee engagement fad set HR credibility back a decade. In a low-wage environment - herbal teas and a bland survey replaced root-cause analysis and fair pay. What's the evidence that a new approach will help our organisation goals? #EBM #OrgDev

Emma Parry @dremmaparry

Is it actually anything? Or just this year's HR fad? 😱 https://t.co/FUWx60y1cJ

No.9

Andrew Spence @AndySpence

The first rule of Digital Transformation is: You do not talk about Digital Transformation. The second rule of Digital Transformation is: Work out what on earth you mean by Digital Transformation. HT Chuck

Evan Kirstel #RemoteWork @EvanKirstel

How to Develop a Talent Pipeline for Your Digital Transformation - Harvard Business Review https://t.co/gl7aMSVEDK

No.10

Andrew Spence @AndySpence

Is Remote Working Only a Pitstop on the Way to More Precarity? #TheSmilingCurve 🙂🙃 #FutureOfWork @InstituteGC institute.global/policy/remote-…

That’s all folks.