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The Big Shift: Demand for Future Work Skills in 2021

HR Digest

The year 2020 is playing out like a bad dream in need of a wake-up call. Source: Future of Jobs Report 2020 World Economic Forum. Formal studies completed their data set in 2019 and we were certain there was a shift by 4 th quarter of 2020. Hire a Chief Future Officer (CFO). The learning landscape is ripe for innovation.

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Research Explores The Shortcomings Of Corporate Venturing

The Horizons Tracker

Whereas historically, the bulk of corporate innovation would be via in-house R&D programs, or mergers and acquisitions, the last decade has seen a considerable rise in corporate venturing. Indeed, during 2020, around $70 billion was invested by corporates in startups, which represented around 25% of all VC deals.

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Case Study: An Angel Investor with an Agenda

Harvard Business Review

Back at Calidad de Vida's corporate offices that afternoon, Gloria asked Daniel Hernandez, her CFO, and Diana Correa, her deputy director, to join her in the company's lone conference room, a windowless space made cheerful by photos of smiling elderly people on the walls and the same bright green chairs found in the centers.