The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

These concerns persist despite a report from i5invest that Europe actually created twice as many unicorns as the United States in 2021. Now, as a recent report from the European Innovation Council suggests, the concern has moved from creating to keeping unicorns.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 31, 2023

After analyzing data over nearly a decade, the correlation between effective managerial practices and a company’s overall productivity, profitability, stock market value, and longevity has been firmly established. As of October 31st, 2021, a mere 810 firms had enrolled, a long way off from the goal of 30,000 participants.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 22, 2022

Indeed, record levels of funding were secured during 2021. “Total fundraising in Europe during 2021 reached €118bn, 7% above 2020’s figure and the highest level ever recorded,” the authors say. ” The report reveals that over 5,300 companies received investment during 2021, of which 98% were SMEs.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 5, 2023

According to the 2021 survey, while hiring managers expressed interest in the increasing adoption of digital credentials and skill-based hiring practices, the lack of technical integration between HR systems posed a significant obstacle. “How does that get mapped into some consistent structure on the employer side?

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 30, 2022

For instance, a recent report from the UK government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport found that over half of businesses have a basic skills gap. For 2021, our study estimates there are 4.19 ” Lack of skills. This is an increase of around 10% on the same figure in 2019. Plugging the gap.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The last decade has been a boom time for fintech startups, but 2022 has seen a rude awakening for the sector, as a combination of rising interest rates and inflation has seen the market capitalization of listed firms fall by over 75% since July 2021. These groups include low-income households, SMEs, and women.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 2, 2021

While labor market participation among women had been steadily rising in the decades leading up to the pandemic, it fell dramatically during it, with participation rates in America falling to levels last seen in 1987. Indeed, whereas women made up 47% of learners in 2019, this had jumped to 52% by 2021. ” More support needed. .

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Below is a summary of how I helped five startups, three middle-market companies, and a business unit of a Fortune 300 company pivot for pandemic-influenced business settings. While the manufacturing startup was keen on innovation, it didn’t have a clear measure of ROI in place. Challenge Business Model Assumptions.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

MARCH 12, 2021

Raleigh, NC – March 12, 2021 – Training Industry announced today that The Center for Leadership Studies has been named among its selections for the 2021 Top Training Companies lists for the Leadership Training sector of the learning and development (L&D) market. Industry visibility, innovation and impact.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

2021 was expected to ease things a bit, but the resurgence of variants of the virus put paid to any plans of return to normalcy. In fact, it were the L&D teams that were instrumental in bringing about wider acceptance of innovative measures, processes and strategies, including reimagining how employees learn to work in a digitized world.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Nonetheless, they remain central to the ideas of many for how we can build a degree of buffer in these most turbulent of times to help people adapt to changes in the labor market. The preliminary results from the experiment are due to be released in spring 2021, with the final report set to be published in 2024.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 8, 2021

While this figure was marginally lower than in April, it was significantly higher than the 33% who reported likewise before the pandemic. The data reveals that by January 2021, well over half of all self-employed workers were earning less than £1,000 every month. Enduring difficulties. entered an autumn lockdown. A new deal.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

We’ve seen multiple reports regarding the HR trends of 2024 and there is concern across the board regarding job security and whether specific jobs will become redundant in the next few years. There are various types of HR management tech available on the market so far and a uniting aspect to all of them is the automation of many basic tasks.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 28, 2022

Famous research from Stanford’s Nicholas Bloom illustrates the difficulties we face in keeping the wheels of innovation turning. Bloom illustrates that while we’re spending more on research and innovation than ever before, we’re getting diminishing returns for that investment. Engines of creation.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 3, 2023

During 2021, research from the Business School (formerly Cass), City, University of London and Goldsmiths, University of London showed how remote workers value “third spaces”, such as cafes, bars, and even pubs, that they can work remotely in.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In 2021, research from Harvard showed that around 27 million workers were “hidden” from the workforce. Military veterans were included in the list, who the researchers said were often frozen out of the labor market as a result of hiring practices that overlook them or diminish the experiences they bring to the table. “By

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

For instance, in his 2021 “Dear CEO” letter , Blackrock chief Larry Fink wrote that no issue is more important than climate change. For instance, while 96% of large firms report on their sustainability efforts, the Harvard Business Review reports that these efforts are often more hot air than substance.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 17, 2023

For instance, in 2022, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, reported an economically inactive working-age population of 36%, while Wandsworth reported only 9%. For instance, a government pilot employment scheme, Connecting Communities , took a place-based approach to employment support in the West Midlands from 2018 to 2021.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 4, 2023

According to a recent joint report from CMI and the Social Market Foundation , one in four senior NHS managers are seen as ineffective. Ben also values the focus on being simultaneously “brave and ethical” – involving everyone in innovations to better deliver the services that patients need.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

Here are CMI's highlights from 2022 and 2021. Improving public services Finally, a short update on another area we are currently working in: CMI is partnering with the Social Market Foundation to explore how to get improved results from the UK’s public services. Catch up here.

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2021

Steve Hatfield: Post-pandemic, we expect to see changes in how we think about almost every facet of work – but particularly in how organizations elevate humans and architect technology to enable greater productivity, innovation, resilience, and organization performance. How are you preparing your employees for this new reality of work?

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Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

A personal note: This post is a tribute to Kent Taylor, founder and CEO of Texas Roadhouse who tragically passed in March 2021. That way,” he explains, “ Visitors can see that failure isn ’ t a bad thing when you ’ re trying to innovate.”. The innovations go on and on from stores all over. The Beginning.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Achieving it is easier said than done, however, especially in Europe where The Economist nicely captured the difficulties the continent has in turning the high-quality raw materials for innovation into world-beating startups. ” Supporting scaleups. . ” Supporting scaleups.

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CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

It’s more likely that they set out to meet an unmet need in the market. Recent research has shown that “high purpose” companies — those who have a point of view on social issues, innovate with purpose, and have a commitment to society — outperform “low purpose companies.” For example, high purpose companies experience: 14.1%

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CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

It’s more likely that they set out to meet an unmet need in the market. Recent research has shown that “high purpose” companies — those who have a point of view on social issues, innovate with purpose, and have a commitment to society — outperform “low purpose companies.” For example, high purpose companies experience: 14.1%

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Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Earlier this year I wrote about the 5th edition of the Technology at Work report from Oxford University and Citi, which found that over half of the U.S. Companies like Google have already said that their employees will be working from home into the summer of 2021, with other technology companies following suit. Shifting sands.

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