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9 Things Your Business Needs for Protection

Strategy Driven

Apart from the everyday functions of successful operation, there are numerous satellite issues that every business needs. The many facets of business operation revolved around protection. Additionally, ransomware attacks are on the rise at the cost of approximately $6 trillion per year to companies worldwide. Conclusion.

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Solving the Twin Crises of Energy and Water Scarcity

Harvard Business Review

Automobile manufacturers, for example, create products that rely on metals, chemicals, oil, and gas, which are among the most energy- and water-intensive industries. Water and energy are not typically priced to reflect their true scarcity, value, or costs. Focus first on cost-effective solutions that reduce or shift demand.

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What Work Looks Like for Women in Their 50s

Harvard Business Review

A few years later, she joined a start-up called BioAmber, producing chemical intermediates using sugars instead of fossil fuels. This was followed by an eight-year “plateau” in her thirties, running training for the French operation, when she had her three children. New mental skills emerge.

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How to Design a Corporate Wellness Plan That Actually Works

Harvard Business Review

Health assessments typically involve asking employees questions about modifiable risks, such as smoking behavior, physical inactivity, poor diet, and high stress levels. A company like Dow Chemical is a success story in this way. Administering health risk assessments only. Paying people to change their habits. Asking for help.