Julia Hobsbawm OBE
chair, The Workshift Commission; founder and chair, Editorial Intelligence; author of the forthcoming book The Nowhere Office: reinventing work and the workplace of the future?

Julia is an entrepreneur, writer, and consultant who addresses the challenges of the hyper connected age, in particular remedies of what she has called social health for organisations.

She is chair of The Workshift Commission and is founder and chair of the content and connection business Editorial Intelligence. Her forthcoming book The Nowhere Office: Reinventing work and the workplace of the future will examine how the world of work is shifting to become a Nowhere Office faster than anyone could imagine.. Her previous books include Fully Connected: social health in an age of overload which was shortlisted for management book of the year and The Simplicity Principle: six steps towards clarity in a complex world which won two US Awards for best business book and best self-help book of 2020

Awarded an OBE for services to business, her articles are amongst the most downloaded on the Strategy + Business site and she is an adviser to the British Academy’s Future of the Corporation project.

She regularly speaks to global audiences in government, private and public sectors. Julia is a founding trustee in the UK of OurBrainBank, a patron of Saving Faces: Facial Surgery Research Foundation, patron of The Zoe Education Trust, and is the founder of the Social Capital Network.

Follow Julia on Twitter: @juliahobsbawm

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