Peter spent his formative years as the Personnel Director for Digital Equipment Corporation for Northern Europe, based in the UK. This was the era just prior to the birth of the Internet when DEC was leading the world in networked technology and was an early adopter of new working practices.
Peter saw that there was likely to be a radical change in the way we worked as we moved into the 21st century and became fascinated with the organisational and leadership challenges this would present. On leaving DEC in the early 1990’s Peter set up a centre at Henley Management College to study the evolution of work and help managers prepare for it. It was called the Henley Future Work Forum (not to be confused with the current Future Work Forum) and he directed it for 16 years.
Peter also ran a management consultancy over twenty plus years, helping organisations recognise that introducing new working practices involves a culture change, which should be driven from the top. He now does occasional work with managers, coaching and training them to introduce a more flexible approach to work through trusting and empowering employees. He has spoken at numerous conferences on the future of work and its implications for leadership. Since the pandemic, Peter has concentrated his efforts on running the Future Work Forum building its reputation as a reliable source of information on the developing world of work .
In 2011 Peter co-authored a book, ‘Future Work’, with Alison Maitland which was a ‘best seller’ and an updated second edition was published in 2014. Since then he has co-authored two books ‘500%’ and ‘Never Going Back’ and written numerous articles on the future of work.
Peter’s presentation to the MCT Global HR Summit in 2025
