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Reskilling the Future of Work

HR Digest

In a recent McKinsey Global Survey on the future of workforce needs, nearly nine in ten executives and managers say their organizations either face skills gap already or expect gaps to develop within the next five years. Organizations are now facing a learning curve as managers scramble to lead their teams virtually.

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The Question with AI Isn’t Whether We’ll Lose Our Jobs — It’s How Much We’ll Get Paid

Harvard Business Review

It is the continuous obligation of economic policy to match increases in productive potential with increases in purchasing power and demand. The basic fact is that technology eliminates jobs, not work. Otherwise the potential created by technical progress runs to waste in idle capacity, unemployment, and deprivation.

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More and More CEOs Are Taking Their Social Responsibility Seriously

Harvard Business Review

We can’t expect managers to focus primarily on anything other than building a thriving, profitable enterprise. Apple is an enormously powerful firm, and its actions can set the agenda for an entire industry. To the extent these firms have market power, they’re less subject to quarter-to-quarter competitive pressure.

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