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Why Skills Are Key If AI’s Potential Is To Be Fulfilled In Healthcare

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It’s shown what can be possible when the ‘burning platform’ is sufficiently hot, but the digital skills of NHS staff remains an enduring challenge, not least in terms of their data literacy. The Data Literacy Index , published in 2018, rated healthcare as the worst performing sector in terms of data literacy of staff.

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Is your Leadership Development Developing Leaders?

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Soft skills are increasingly important in creating successful leaders Guest post from Gary S. Today, I help (mostly) professional services firms — law, accounting, insurance, architecture, finance — attain growth, productivity, and profitability. Employees who possess soft skills can directly impact the bottom line (SHRM).

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Research Reveals That Apprenticeships Offer A Bright Future To Participants

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This has resulted in the most expensive form of education society currently has on offer being elevated above alternative routes, such as apprenticeships or so-called “STARS”, which are people who are skilled through alternative routes. “Today, for instance, most administrative assistants have a college or two-year degree.”

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How Developing Countries Can Benefit From Green Technologies

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In the period between 2018 and 2021, the exports of green technologies from developed countries surged from approximately $60 billion to over $156 billion, whereas exports from developing nations only rose from $57 billion to around $75 billion. trillion by 2030, which is roughly three times the current size of the Indian economy.

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Elon Musk, Joking Around is Serious Business!

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Guest post by Jamie Anderson and Gabor George: Truly creative leaders tap ideas from all ranks, and are typically skillful at fostering innovation. In February 2018, Musk launched the now-famous red Tesla Roadster sports car into space, atop the first SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Who else has a roller coaster? …

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Growing Entrepreneurs And Entrepreneurship: Lessons From Estonia

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For instance, German research suggests that entrepreneurship is most definitely a skill that can be learned, and the researchers argue that action-oriented training can enable us to unlock any entrepreneurial potential within us. It’s a narrative that portrays great entrepreneurs as being born rather than made. ” Broad horizons.

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Are Jobs As “B t” As We Fear?

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The term “b t jobs” came to popular attention in 2018 when the late David Graeber published B t Jobs: A Theory , in which he argued that over half of the jobs today are meaningless, which in turn has a significant impact on our mental wellbeing as so much of our self-worth is tied up with doing meaningful work.