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Can Blockchain Unlock The Value We Bring To Our Communities?

The Horizons Tracker

This system encourages residents to contribute to the local community, which then helps foster bonds between community members,” the researchers explain. These values get recorded in the time banking system (TBS), which then allows individuals and organizations to utilize peer-to-peer service exchanges, using TBS time for transaction.

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Keep On Truckin’? The Future Of The Haulage Industry

Strategy Driven

Because so many of the modern approaches to the any industry is hedging its bets on automation, and with the advent of driverless trucks on the horizon, the average truck driver is, naturally, very concerned about their earning potential. Are Drivers Being Put Out Of Jobs?

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How the Next Generation Is Approaching Society’s Biggest Problems

Harvard Business Review

Second, changes in technology have dramatically lowered the cost of experimentation and create unprecedented transparency into problems, solutions, and results. Soon after, when Khan began tutoring his niece in mathematics while working at a hedge fund, he hit upon the idea of developing short video tutorials on YouTube.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

However CEOs that implement a well thought out and clearly articulated vision, create a sense of stability and a bond of trust amongst the ranks. A lack of clarity, the presence of ambiguity, obviously flawed business logic, or constantly shifting priorities/positions are the death of many a venture.

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Even Senior Executives Need a Side Hustle

Harvard Business Review

Hedge against uncertainty. Intrigued by technology and innovation, Achan took the initiative to develop two iPhone apps. Here are five reasons it can make a dramatic difference for your career. We all remember Circuit City – and Blockbuster, and Borders, and Tower Records, and plenty more.

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What Really Led to Last Summer’s Most Notorious Firing

Harvard Business Review

They''re the commitment equivalent of the hedge funder who uses LED light bulbs on his private jet to be ''environmental.''" Even our outrage is boring — we become insipidly incensed about "some guy who had his phone up in the air for, like, 20 seconds during the glockenspiel solo" of an Arcade Fire concert. They''re pretentious.

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What Good Is Impact Investing?

Harvard Business Review

Even in the most hard-nosed of private equity firms or hedge funds you will find that people align with strategies that mean something to them, that they’re passionate about. Private equity or hedge funds through the ‘80s and the ‘90s, exactly the same story. Noble: With family offices, there is this intergenerational play.