Accessibility helpSkip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Open side navigation menuOpen search bar
Financial Times
SubscribeSign In
  • Home
  • World
    Sections
    • World Home
    • Middle East war
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
    Most Read
    • Nationalist candidate Nawrocki wins Poland presidential election
    • Ukraine stages audacious attack on airfields deep in Russian territory
    • The world’s strongest currency is also super-competitive 
    • Starmer refuses to commit precise date for 3% defence spending target
    • Treasury secretary Bessent insists US will ‘never default’ on its debt
  • UK
    Sections
    • UK Home
    • UK Economy
    • UK Politics
    • UK Companies
    • Personal Finance
    Most Read
    • Starmer refuses to commit precise date for 3% defence spending target
    • UK house price growth in May exceeds forecasts
    • The UK doesn’t have a productivity puzzle
    • UK calls on France to stop migrants in shallow waters after ‘shocking’ day
    • UK backs Morocco’s ‘autonomy plan’ for Western Sahara
  • Companies
    Sections
    • Companies Home
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
    Most Read
    • Trump tariffs cut off recovery in private equity dealmaking
    • UK house price growth in May exceeds forecasts
    • Early adoption of AI will boost US growth
    • Bidders for BP’s Castrol weigh offers below expected $8bn valuation
    • ‘Mischief before money’: inside the M&S hackers’ hunt for new targets
  • Tech
    Sections
    • Tech Home
    • Artificial intelligence
    • Semiconductors
    • Cyber Security
    • Social Media
    Most Read
    • Early adoption of AI will boost US growth
    • ‘Mischief before money’: inside the M&S hackers’ hunt for new targets
    • Can the Gulf really become an AI superpower?
    • Indian tech fund sees domestic opportunity akin to 1990s Silicon Valley
    • Business schools race to keep abreast of developments in AI
  • Markets
    Sections
    • Markets Home
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Crypto
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Monetary Policy Radar
    • Wealth Management
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    Most Read
    • The world’s strongest currency is also super-competitive 
    • Treasury secretary Bessent insists US will ‘never default’ on its debt
    • Dollar’s correlation with Treasury yields breaks down
    • Bidders for BP’s Castrol weigh offers below expected $8bn valuation
    • Trump’s steel tariffs prompt anger and warnings of ‘catastrophic’ job cuts in Canada
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    Sections
    • Opinion Home
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
    Most Read
    • The world’s strongest currency is also super-competitive 
    • Early adoption of AI will boost US growth
    • Britain’s golden chance to attract top US talent
    • The Fed’s demanding next months
    • The UK doesn’t have a productivity puzzle
  • Lex
  • Work & Careers
    Sections
    • Work & Careers Home
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Europe's Start-Up Hubs
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
    • Working It
    Most Read
    • ‘No timewasters please’: is setting boundaries necessary or plain rude?
    • The pleasures and pitfalls of retirement
    • Business schools race to keep abreast of developments in AI
    • John Lewis and Waitrose face demands to reinstate bonuses
    • How to eat like a local in Miami
  • Life & Arts
    Sections
    • Life & Arts Home
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Puzzles
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
    Most Read
    • A drinker’s case against drinking
    • The five best Dubai chocolates
    • ‘The threat feels existential’ – Bordeaux’s 2025 en primeur campaign
    • Great rail journeys: nostalgia and magic on the Night Riviera to Cornwall
    • Saudi Arabia plans for safer Hajj as more than 1mn pilgrims arrive
  • HTSI
MenuSearch
  • Home
  • World
  • UK
  • Companies
  • Tech
  • Markets
  • Climate
  • Opinion
  • Lex
  • Work & Careers
  • Life & Arts
  • HTSI
Financial Times
SubscribeSign In

Isabel Berwick

Working It Editor

Isabel Berwick leads the FT's Working It brand, covering the workplace, management and the future of work. She writes the weekly Working It newsletter for FT subscribers, makes videos and podcasts and frequently appears as a moderator and speaker for FT and external events. Her book, The Future-Proof Career, was published in 2024.

Isabel joined the FT in 1999 from the Independent on Sunday, where she was the business editor. She won the Wincott Award for her personal finance reporting before moving into senior editing roles on FT Weekend and the Opinion desk. In 2018 she became Work & Careers editor, overseeing the FT's management, leadership and workplace content. She left that role early in 2023 to focus full-time on the Working It brand. Follow Isabel on Linkedin and BlueSky​.

Email Isabel Berwick @IsabelBerwick  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Thursday, 29 May, 2025
    The best books of the week
    Electric Spark — unpicking the enigma of Muriel Spark

    A richly detailed biography tracks the puzzles, betrayals and much more that underpinned the writer’s fiction

    The writer Muriel Spark sitting surrounded by men as they listen to a speaker out of shot
  • Wednesday, 28 May, 2025
    Working It
    Is it time to reimagine our working lives?

    A new vision of the future includes setting aside time for play

    FT montage of a woman working on a laptop next to a woman playing tennis
  • Monday, 26 May, 2025
    Leadership
    ‘Nowhere to hide’: Why more CEOs are fronting videos

    Executives are filming themselves for social media as a way to talk directly to staff, customers and shareholders

    Montage of images. A smiling woman holds a smartphone and waves at the screen against a background of film strips
  • Friday, 23 May, 2025
    ReviewBusiness books
    Business books: what to read this month

    Careful listening, long-life companies and lessons from a social entrepreneur

    Montage image of book covers for the titles being reviewed
  • Wednesday, 21 May, 2025
    Working It
    Feel it’s all pointless? You’re not alone

    China’s workplace terms offer a glimpse into its corporate culture and society, and the ideas are going global

    A man reads a document while walking on a treadmill
  • Wednesday, 21 May, 2025
    Leadership
    What makes a positive difference to the way that staff feel about work?

    Good managers are a valuable asset and have a big impact at the team and company level

    A man and woman in business attire smiling and talking in a modern office setting
  • Wednesday, 14 May, 2025
    Work & Careers
    Are the agents coming for your job? Premium content

    Even if your post is safe, managers will have AI as well as human co-workers on their teams

  • Wednesday, 7 May, 2025
    Working It
    How to get yourself ‘unstuck’ at work

    Focus on the big questions you face to power through uncertainty

  • Saturday, 3 May, 2025
    ObituaryJane Gardam
    Jane Gardam, novelist, 1928-2025

    The prizewinning witty chronicler of middle-class life claimed writing was her ‘salvation’

    Jane Gardam
  • Wednesday, 30 April, 2025
    Management
    Ask me anything? The rise of the robo-coach

    Human workplace problems are increasingly being solved by AI coaches

    A smartphone being held
  • Monday, 28 April, 2025
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Moral Ambition — Rutger Bregman on a different kind of success for smart workers

    The bestselling Dutch historian makes a persuasive case for ambitious people to focus on under-the-radar causes

    A black and white photograph of a man sitting on a chair in the centre of a room. There is a desk behind and a filing cabinets against the wall
  • Sunday, 27 April, 2025
    Leadership
    Lashing out at staff is bad for business

    Shouty leadership is in vogue but smart executives do something far more effective

    Illustration of a worker shouting ‘Now!’ at another worker
  • Wednesday, 23 April, 2025
    Working It
    Happy managers = happy staff

    A new report points to mass staff ‘disengagement’ at work, but support for managers fixes it

    Woman sitting in front of a laptop computer with her head in her hands
  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    Working It
    Are your team ‘playing you’?

    Leaders may not notice when staff flatter them, or take up the same hobbies, to gain advantage

    Woman in a blindfold, with a colleague looking on
  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
    Working It
    What the ancients can teach us about success at work

    Stoicism has lessons for all of us — ambitious or otherwise

  • Saturday, 5 April, 2025
    ReviewFT Books Essay
    Women, work and why we’re getting it all wrong

    Cordelia Fine, Charlie Colenutt and Emily Callaci dive into the often unfair and random ways we value labour

  • Monday, 24 March, 2025
    Style
    How I became a fan of fashion in my fifties

    After years of drab, unflattering clothes, Isabel Berwick opens up her eyes — and wardrobe — to style

  • Wednesday, 19 March, 2025
    Working It
    Video makes the CEO a star

    Getting in front of the camera is the next big trend for leaders — but are they ready for a ‘one-take’ future?

    A woman holding a phone up in front of a coloured background
  • Wednesday, 12 March, 2025
    Working It
    Can reading poems make you a better leader?

    Making time for a mini-reset in verse could help clarity and mental fitness. Be prepared to cry

    Woman reading from a book in front of a bookcase
  • Friday, 7 March, 2025
    Women in business
    Time for a workplace reset based on respect for colleagues

    Perhaps we can take our collective wisdom and create something new out of this DEI crisis

    Three professionals in an office setting engaged in a friendly discussion, with one holding a coffee cup while smiling
  • Wednesday, 5 March, 2025
    Work & Careers
    Women need less empowerment blather and more childcare

    Cheaper childcare provision is transformative for women’s prospects at work

    Woman facing a chart
  • Wednesday, 26 February, 2025
    Working It
    How to give yourself some time back

    Expert tips to block overwhelm, help you perform better — and gatekeep your diary

  • Wednesday, 19 February, 2025
    Office life
    No one likes a robo-gatecrasher in the meeting

    Notetakers and summarising bots are the new must-have for managers — but what is the etiquette around using such tools?

    Computer with a graphic of a robot on the screen
  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2025
    Working It
    How many AI agents does it take to change your job?

    Some lessons from early agentic adopters; plus DEI crisis latest and a book giveaway

    Man sitting at a desk on a mobile phone drinking coffee. He has a laptop open in front of him.
  • Wednesday, 5 February, 2025
    Working It
    How to process endings at work (and get to the next thing)

    When an exit is forced, take steps to protect yourself and time to reflect

    An illustration of a woman scratching her head and looking at three doors
Previous page1Next page

Join us at an FT Live event

Discover unmissable flagship events and members only communities to expand your thinking and elevate your career

FT Live
FT Women in Business Summit
Empowering the global leaders of tomorrow
Tuesday, 17 JuneLondon, UK
Explore all events

Useful links

Support

View Site TipsHelp CentreContact UsAbout UsAccessibilitymyFT TourCareersSuppliers

Legal & Privacy

Terms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie PolicyManage CookiesCopyrightSlavery Statement & Policies

Services

Share News Tips SecurelyIndividual SubscriptionsProfessional SubscriptionsRepublishingExecutive Job SearchAdvertise with the FTFollow the FT on XFT ChannelsFT Schools

Tools

PortfolioFT AppFT Digital EditionFT EditAlerts HubBusiness School RankingsSubscription ManagerNews feedNewslettersCurrency Converter

Community & Events

FT Live EventsFT ForumsFT Leaders Academy

More from the FT Group

Markets data delayed by at least 15 minutes. © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2025. FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice.
Edition:UK
International
Subscribe for full access

Top sections

  • Home
  • World
    • Middle East war
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
  • UK
    • UK Economy
    • UK Politics
    • UK Companies
    • Personal Finance
  • Companies
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
  • Tech
    • Artificial intelligence
    • Semiconductors
    • Cyber Security
    • Social Media
  • Markets
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Crypto
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Monetary Policy Radar
    • Wealth Management
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
  • Lex
  • Work & Careers
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Europe's Start-Up Hubs
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
    • Working It
  • Life & Arts
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Puzzles
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
  • Personal Finance
    • Property & Mortgages
    • Investments
    • Pensions
    • Tax
    • Banking & Savings
    • Advice & Comment
  • HTSI
  • Special Reports

FT recommends

  • Alphaville
  • FT Edit
  • Lunch with the FT
  • FT Globetrotter
  • #techAsia
  • Moral Money
  • Visual and data journalism
  • Newsletters
  • Video
  • Podcasts
  • News feed
  • FT Schools
  • FT Live Events
  • FT Forums
  • FT Leaders Academy
  • myFT
  • Portfolio
  • FT Digital Edition
  • Crossword
  • Our Apps
  • Help Centre
  • Subscribe
  • Sign In