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Research Explores The Economic Benefits Of Remote Work During Covid

The Horizons Tracker

The wholesale transition to remote working has by and large been successful, with research suggesting that productivity has largely been strong during the pandemic, even if there have been possible consequences for collaboration and innovation. To a large extent, tools such as Zoom allowed knowledge workers to carry on much as before.

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Amazing AI Facts That Could Change The World

Strategy Driven

The demand for data scientists will be over 50% more than the supply, making it a VERY smart career path to follow. PWC believes global GDP will rise by 14% by 2030 due to AI. VC investors are increasingly investing in machine learning and AI capabilities, making it a great career to choose. Bank of America. Wells Fargo.

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How Skills Will Be Crucial As We Adapt To The Post-Covid World

The Horizons Tracker

The report highlights how should this trend continue, it could raise British GDP by £4.1 Crucial for a successful recovery. The data highlights the rapid adoption of various digital technologies by small and medium-sized businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. billion per year.

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Are We Still Attracted By The Bright Lights?

The Horizons Tracker

The GDP of the larger cities was found to decline by 16%, but there was also a decline in GDP of 2.4% The models suggest that the larger areas lose nearly 9% of their population, with the larger number of smaller areas rising by nearly 10%. in smaller towns due to the decline in productivity experienced by people when they moved there.

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How Workplace Equality Can Drive The Economy (With A Little Help From AI)

The Horizons Tracker

This would allow them to explore how balance in the workplace contributes towards GDP. GDP is attributable to these declining barriers in the labor market,” the authors explain. Even social norms can limit the ability for people to successfully enter the workforce.

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More Women in the Workforce Could Raise GDP by 5%

Harvard Business Review

Empowering the Third Billion: Women and the World of Work in 2012," suggests concrete steps that governments and employers can take to tilt the scales toward success. Eldercare is an especially potent drag on women professionals, hitting them just as their careers are reaching their full potential. A new study from Booz & Co.,

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How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures

Harvard Business Review

Our ways of thinking about careers, colleagues, and collaboration will need to become more flexible and adaptable. My five-year study of the global workforce at Rakuten, the Japan-based e-commerce powerhouse, gave me a close-up look at what will drive success for this new type of global worker. Aspiring to a global career.