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Reskilling the Future of Work

HR Digest

In a recent McKinsey Global Survey on the future of workforce needs, nearly nine in ten executives and managers say their organizations either face skills gap already or expect gaps to develop within the next five years. According to McKinsey, AI and automation will displace between 400 million and 800 million individuals by 2030.

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Playing the Long Game: The Employee Retention Process in HR

HR Digest

The World Bank has projected a 9 million skilled and semi-skilled ICT workers shortage to affect Indonesia between 2015-2030. Analyze hiring practices by competitors and see what benefits they offer Keep an eye on research reports that are put out by organizations like Deloitte, McKinsey, SHRM, etc.

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The Future of Human Work Is Imagination, Creativity, and Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Recently, the CEO of Deutsche Bank predicted that half of its 97,000 employees could be replaced by robots. McKinsey has been studying what kind of work is most adaptable to automation. “The companies that have those technologies make the social policies and set those social policies that change the workforce.”

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The Dangers of Digital Protectionism

Harvard Business Review

Many governments are currently rethinking their policies regarding cross-border data flows. Although cross-border data flows grew 45x between 2005 and 2014, according to a McKinsey analysis , events since 2014 have pushed the pendulum to swing away from unconstrained data globalization. What Policy Makers Should Consider.

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Greece’s Problem Is More Complicated than Austerity

Harvard Business Review

To be sure, excessive austerity is bad macroeconomic policy. This is where the July 2012 memorandum of understanding between Greece and the Troika (the International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank, and the European Commission) failed miserably; the previous government, much like Syriza, wanted to preserve the status quo.

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Look Beyond Your "Social Media Presence"

Harvard Business Review

Examples of enterprise social-technology use are cropping up all the time: TD bank relies on a social network for employee communication, and at Unisys, social communities provide specialized expertise to resolve technical problems. The McKinsey Global Institute estimates that this change alone can improve employee productivity by up to 25%.

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Greece and Its Misguided Champions

Harvard Business Review

Greece was seen as an exemplar of a country under assault, victim of the waning European sense of cohesion and social justice, and of ineffectual, neoliberal policies. It is too easy to view the Greek mess as a case of austerity policies gone berserk. Framing this as a case of a small country defying the bullies misses the point.

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