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How Ready Are Companies For The Post-Pandemic World?

The Horizons Tracker

For instance, during 2020, GDP in advanced economies plummeted, with many businesses having to shut for prolonged periods, and nearly all having to rapidly adapt to the changing conditions. The success of the VCUK consortium reflects how innovation can be accelerated through multiple non-traditional strategies,” the researchers explain. “The

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The Economic and Social Impact of Language

Mills Scofield

This has profound implications for our innovation and economic success and national security. Consequently, we aren’t being prepared for engagement in a country with a $2,100 per capita GDP. Angela Maiers Brown University Culture Economic Development Education Innovation Language Leadership Learning' should ours!

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Do Women-Only Networking Groups Harm Female Entrepreneurship?

The Horizons Tracker

times as likely to progress into leadership roles after graduating than men who were in the wrong networks. times more likely to graduate to a leadership role after leaving school. times more likely to graduate to a leadership role after leaving school. The research reveals that men who were in the right networks were around 1.5

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How Bad Leadership Spurs Entrepreneurship

Harvard Business Review

Year after year, Gallup reports that most employees are unhappy at work, and that the number one reason for dissatisfaction is their boss. Therefore, bad leadership — or, if you prefer, incompetent management — is a major source of entrepreneurship. Because most managers are simply unbearable. Not really.

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The Case for Investing More in People

Harvard Business Review

In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. We know that great ideas that drive breakthroughs in productivity come from human beings with the time, talent and energy to innovate. And wages are stagnant.

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Priorities for Jumpstarting the U.S. Industrial Economy

Harvard Business Review

Steel did in an earlier era of manufacturing, Aquion and innovative firms like it are spearheading economic and employment growth across the country. Indeed, in a world where globalization and rapid technological changes are the norm, manufacturing, high-tech development, and innovation clearly require a different level of support.

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Hiring Former Offenders

ExactHire - Leadership

A Brookings report published in March 2018 found that 45% of those released from prison did not have any reported pay in the first calendar year after they returned home. More than 70 million Americans – that’s nearly 1 in 3 adults – have a criminal record.