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‘Upskilling’ a top priority for the decade ahead

HR Digest

A 2016 report from the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity estimates that 30 percent of young adults will not graduate from secondary school with the skills they need to hold most jobs in the digital world. A growing number of business leaders see the value of upskilling, but there’s much to be done.

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How to Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption

Skip Prichard

and is an expert on risk, strategy, and finance. The capabilities of agility become ingrained in thought processes, practices and culture only if they are positioned as essential priorities and standards of excellence—and embraced as such by the whole organization. They define agility and offer leaders a roadmap for navigating change.

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How Companies, Governments, and Nonprofits Can Create Social Change Together

Harvard Business Review

.” When we talk with corporate executives around the country, they almost always ask the same question: Can managers and CEOs really accomplish their business goals while also advancing society’s goals? Plan a coordinated and comprehensive process for cross-sector partnerships. We believe the answer is yes.

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Case Study: Is Holacracy for Us?

Harvard Business Review

But Rogier thought it was the key to boosting engagement and performance, and he had hinted that he might use Contect’s 2017 annual all-employee meeting—his chance to announce new goals and celebrate the previous year’s accomplishments—to roll out the change. But the decentralization debate was different.

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An Entrepreneurial Society Needs an Entrepreneurial State

Harvard Business Review

Although many countries have set the goal, few have achieved it. Mission-oriented thinking could also be used to develop technology roadmaps for the 17 sustainable development goals. This includes basic research, applied research, and downstream patient and strategic long-term finance to companies. billion in public support.

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Companies That Don’t Manage Utilities Strategically Are Throwing Money Away

Harvard Business Review

However, overspending is often the result of decentralized and siloed decision making over the utility budget. For example, the finance department approves what to buy, facilities maintains equipment, HR tells employees how to conserve energy, and marketing manages the company’s corporate sustainability reporting. For the U.S.,

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Blockchain Will Help Us Prove Our Identities in a Digital World

Harvard Business Review

Insightfully, the United Nations is aiming to change this, with UN Sustainable Development Goal #16 , Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions, aiming to “provide legal identity to all, including birth registration, by 2030.” Proving your identity today is an expensive process. Related Video.