Downsizing firms will retain best and brightest staff, says US expert

Rod Robertson, managing partner of Briggs Capital, says Irish workers will feel the global retraction like everywhere else, if not more so

Workers who embrace new technologies and a rapid return to the office will be more likely to be retained as companies face into two years of significant evolution.

That's just one element of the serious wake-up call to overly home-fond workers issued by Rod Robertson, managing partner of Briggs Capital, US-based entrepreneur, and author of 'Winning at Entrepreneurship: Insider’s Tips on Buying, Building, and Selling Your Own Business'.