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Study Suggests Global North Still Appropriates Wealth From South

The Horizons Tracker

The study uses environmental input-output data alongside footprint analysis to explore the scale and value of the resource drain from the global South between 1990 and 2015. trillion during 2015 alone, which is enough to end extreme poverty 70 times over. This was accompanied by 21 exajoules of energy and 392 billion hours of work.

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Featured Leading Voice: Mary Schaefer

Lead Change Blog

This month we are featuring Leading Voice Mary Schaefer , a coach, trainer, consultant and speaker who helps develop a culture of engagement and empowerment with tech managers and employees. in Human Resource Management from the University of Charleston. Mary has always been fascinated by the human dynamic at work.

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It’s called human resources for a reason

ReImagine Work

In R&D, organization members developed things to turn into products, presumably so our company could sell them and make more money. I didn’t like creating more work for them that was not related to developing the next new thing. Manage those human resources in a way they can engage. What are those needs again?

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Even Life-Saving Innovations Don’t Sell Themselves

Harvard Business Review

But even the most needed innovation does not sell itself. adults were at risk of developing type 2 diabetes in 2015. Great need doesn’t necessarily equal great demand. When pharmaceutical companies launch a life-saving drug, they regularly spend twice as much on marketing as on the drug development.

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If You Want to Be Happy at Work, Have a Life Outside of It

Harvard Business Review

Half of Americans continue to work when they reach their mid-sixties, and, according to a 2015 Gallup survey, full-time American employees work an average of 47 hours a week. We spend most of our adult waking hours working. If you’re keeping track at home, that’s six days’ worth of hours packed into five.

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