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How The World Of Work Will Change In The Next 10 Years

Six Disciplines

According to analyst firm Gartner , the nature of work will witness 10 key changes through 2020. Key predictions include: Organizations will need to plan for increasingly chaotic environments that are out of their direct control, and adaptation must involve adjusting to all 10 of the trends.

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How The World Of Work Will Change In The Next 10 Years

Six Disciplines

According to analyst firm Gartner , the nature of work will witness 10 key changes through 2020. Key predictions include: Organizations will need to plan for increasingly chaotic environments that are out of their direct control, and adaptation must involve adjusting to all 10 of the trends.

Agility 133
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Do Your Customers Actually Want a “Smart” Version of Your Product?

Harvard Business Review

There’s been a gold rush happening in technology these last few years, focused on the Internet of Things, or IoT. And while we’ve found customers for IoT connectivity, the number of our customers who value the new technology has been much lower than industry projections led us to believe. ” When in Doubt, Go Modular.

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I Got My Strategy from Greenpeace

Harvard Business Review

In pursuit of this goal, I committed Desso to becoming 100% Cradle-to-Cradle by 2020. We will phase out all chemicals deemed unacceptable according to Cradle-to-Cradle by 2020. Here's why: Going Cradle-to-Cradle helped put us ahead of the curve on perhaps the biggest environmental trend: recycling. 1] McKinsey & Co.,

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What If All U.S. Coal Workers Were Retrained to Work in Solar?

Harvard Business Review

The global economy is in a massive transition from a fossil-fuel-based energy system to one using sophisticated renewable energy technologies. coal-fired power plants has been declining and coal use has dropped radically since 2007—a trend that is expected to continue.

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Why Your Customers Hate You and How to Fix It

Skip Prichard

Mostly because it’s fundamentally more difficult to lead an organization than ever before, due to a confluence of leadership trends and external factors. Yet even as we connect people and the world’s population rises 7 percent between 2010 and 2020, the number of working-age employees will actually decline in many industrialized nations.

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The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

Harvard Business Review

These must qualify as “specialty occupations,” which typically require a bachelor’s degree (or the equivalent) and are found in fields such as science, engineering, information technology, medicine, and business. There is other evidence of a strong demand for workers with tech skills. is able to maintain its elite status.”