Every month brings new ways to monitor performance, productivity or even personality in the workplace. So what does the rise of tech mean for us humans. I asked the experts at the CIPD conference in Manchester on the future of work last week.
"The future of work is human"
So says Peter Cheese, head of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. But as delegates listened to his conference speech, out in the hall the tech firms gathered, offering everything from fingerprint security to neurological profiling to make your business smarter.
"Falling tech prices mean it's easier than ever for bosses to know exactly which staff are where, and exactly what they're doing," says Heath Burne from Synel Industries.