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Reskilling the Future of Work

HR Digest

It is a tough time as they bank on social capital and how to maintain cohesion without the benefit of informal coffee, lunch or smoke breaks. The need to reskill and enable individuals to learn marketable new skills during their lifetime will be a critical challenge – and for poorer nations, a sweeping challenge.

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The Economic Impact of the Japanese Disasters

Harvard Business Review

Transportation disruptions and the closing of many factories throughout Japan will shrink Japanese aggregate demand and disrupt supply chains worldwide. at the market's close on Monday (3/14), erasing more than $300 billion of equity value, and lost another 10.6% for the first quarter of this year, and by more than 1.5%

GDP 15