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Research Explores The Economic Benefits Of Remote Work During Covid

The Horizons Tracker

The findings emerged after GDP data was collected for each country, alongside the number of people employed and the hours they put in each week. The analysis found that GDP would likely have fallen by around twice as much during 2020 if remote working was not the option it ultimately was. Declining output.

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The One Type of Leader Who Can Turn Around a Failing School

Harvard Business Review

They often arrive with a reputation for being able to turn around a school quickly, as they’ve done this many times before in their career. By background they are normally Information Technology or Chemistry teachers (95% in our study), who have often moved out of the classroom to manage support staff early in their career.

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What If Companies Managed People as Carefully as They Manage Money?

Harvard Business Review

According to Bain’s Macro Trends Group, the global supply of capital stands at nearly 10 times global GDP. In contrast, today’s scarcest resource is your human capital, as measured by the time, talent and energy of your workforce. Time, whether measured by hours in a day or days in a career, is finite.

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America's Innovation Shortfall and How We Can Solve It

Harvard Business Review

One obvious reason was that the huge trillion-dollar investment bets, most of it taxpayer money, in synthetic biology, robotics, nanotechnogy, space, and alternative energy did not pay off. With fewer breakthrough products to sell overseas, exports as a share of GDP have stagnated at 11%, while imports have soared, forcing the U.S.

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Innovating Your Way Out Of The Resource Curse

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, it’s GDP per capita of $72,700 marks it out as one of the wealthiest nations on earth. . Indeed, many of the gleaming facilities are crying out for the throngs of people and energy that most characterize the very best innovation hubs around the world.