Construction, Diversity and Transportation

What does the gig economy mean for independent workers?

HR Digest

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Gig workers are sometimes called “ moonlighters ” (especially if they have another primary job) because their additional temporary positions allow them to have more diverse sources of income rather than relying on one regular employer. Merits of a Gig Economy.

Transportation

Transportation Short-term Long-term Project

Is It Really Possible For The Next Silicon Valley To Emerge In A Small Town?

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The more people you could cluster together, the more diverse the range of experiences they could blend together, the greater the local market for any products those people might deliver, and the greater resources that would be available to help them do so. For many years, innovation was thought to be a matter of agglomeration.

Real Estate

Real Estate Transportation Industry Innovation

How High-Speed Trains Affect The Mobility Of Talent

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 7, 2020

There also appears to be benefits in terms of the diversity of boards, with firms located on the train line generally younger and more diverse than those located elsewhere, although it must be said that there seems little impact on the gender diversity of boards.

Training

Training Travel Diversity Human Capital

America’s Leaders Need to Tell a New Story About Infrastructure

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

Transportation infrastructure must be renewed and reinvented. To mobilize public support for new investment, leaders must change the conversation to align diverse interests and emphasize cross-sector partnerships, region by region. The state of transportation infrastructure has implications for every major issue.

Transportation

Transportation Wireless Entrepreneur Health Care

Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

While they can start to tap into the global reserves of shale oil, which exist literally everywhere, developing the reserves in most places from China to Argentina will require a significant investment to develop the shale ecosystem and supply chains needed, in addition to the infrastructure to gather, treat, transport, and store the crude oil.

Offshoring

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term

Does Work Make You Happy? Evidence from the World Happiness Report

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2017

The available categories cover many kinds of jobs, including being a business owner, office worker, or manager, and working in farming, construction, mining, or transport. This is the case across a variety of labor-intensive industries like construction, mining, manufacturing, transport, farming, fishing, and forestry.

Report

Report Transportation Stress Quality

Preparing Local Economies for the Future - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DELL AND INTEL®

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2016

Civic leaders knew the formula for attracting industry: They had to provide financial incentives, a strong transportation system, a solid infrastructure, and community services such as public schools. And finally, the infrastructure that serves citizens has to be robust.

Content

Content Human Capital IAS Transportation

Urban Acupuncture

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

It's important to have more sustainable, more energy efficient materials used in construction. In terms of mobility, give priority to public transport and use all modes available in the best and most efficient way possible. If you want solidarity, make your identity count while respecting diversity.

Transportation

Transportation Short-term Creativity Efficiency

Should a Woman Act More Like a Man to Succeed at Work?

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. The research also provides a snapshot view and analysis of gender diversity across countries and industries. The disparity in gender diversity has little to do with competence levels.” Wellins, Ph.D.,

Diversity

Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry

3 Steps to Break Out in a Tired Industry

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2015

Both men thought that the industry was stale and too homogeneous relative to the diversity of customers it sought to serve. These rooms are entirely manufactured off-site at an assembly line and transported to the hotel site. The topic of conversation was the hotel industry. ” They two men were plotting to change that.

Industry

Industry Hotels Travel Airlines

The Great Collision

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2012

If you accept the proposition that societies and economies are heading off the rails, then here's my hypothesis: we're about to careen into a Great Collision — people bumping up against the self-imposed perimeter of their own carefully constructed lives; human potential crashing headlong against choices that make the least of it.

Abell

Abell Hammer Construction Morale

The Other Women's Movement: Factory Workers in the Developing World

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

He now works in Bahrain in the construction sector, and she uses her factory wages to care for their two daughters. Safe spaces and systems that enable discussion about threats and alleviate concerns like unsafe transportation, gender-based violence, and depression. Access to professional development and advancement opportunities.

Development

Development Supply Chain Health Care Compliance

The Big Picture of Business – Sayings, Meanings and Interpretations

Strategy Driven

MARCH 31, 2011

used in construction). Diversity is a concept that encompasses ideas, cultures, philosophies and behaviors. Sadly, some people see diversity as a punishment, when associated with training. To the contrary, it is a gift because all of us are living examples of diversity. Transportation is a status symbol to some people.

Transportation

Transportation Consultative Film Strategic Planning

What the Data Says About Women in Management Between 1980 and 2010

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

In addition, diversity among women in management has improved, albeit marginally. Among the new positions to emerge since 1980, women make up less than 10% of architecture, engineer, and construction managers. Once we see patterns, we can implement programs that effectively promote equity and diversity in the workplace.

Management

Management Real Estate Human Resources Diversity

New Technologies Won’t Reduce Scarcity, but Here’s Something That Might

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2018

For example, the invention of more efficient train engines allowed for cheaper transportation that catalyzed the industrial revolution. Around these digital commons, new business opportunities are flourishing, while people engage in collaborative production driven by diverse motives.

Technology

Technology Cooper Efficiency Globalization

Leadership Digital

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