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“Interpersonal Connectedness” One Factor in Metric to Replace GDP

Michael Lee Stallard

In “ The Rise and Fall of GDP ,&# that appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Jon Gertner describes this effort. In “ The Rise and Fall of GDP ,&# that appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Jon Gertner describes this effort. Gertner writes about the U.S. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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

The Horizons Tracker

Last year online learning platform Coursera released their first Global Skills Index to try and understand the changing nature of skills development around the world. They believe this transformation will include everything from managing change to the automation of processes that can no longer be safely performed in person.

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London Ranked As The Smartest City In The World

The Horizons Tracker

A muddled picture My own city of London placed a lowly 22nd in the rankings, which was a fall of 7 places from the 15th managed in 2020. For instance, it came first in human capital, urban planning, and international profile, and also managed top ten rankings in mobility and transportation, and economy.

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The Long Journey Of Change For Modern Cities

The Horizons Tracker

The paper describes cities along a sliding scale of processes of change via mathematical models that highlight the balancing act people deploy to manage their resources. What’s more, policies that are designed to promote aggregate growth, such as that measured by GDP, often exacerbate inequality and social instability.

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Post-Covid Cities Need To Be Smart Cities

The Horizons Tracker

For instance, pre-Covid, Tokyo alone was estimated to have a GDP of around $1.6 trillion in GDP alone by 2035. For instance, Singapore is regularly at the top of the Smart City Index , and a common feature of those at the top of these rankings is that they were also able to effectively manage the pandemic via smart technologies.

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How to Win with AI and Automation

HR Digest

Developments in digital technologies, inclusive of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, are estimated by some to create the potential for a tremendous reduction in the volume of work. Across the OECD, spending on worker training and development has been declining over the last twenty years. IMPROVING WORK MARKET DYNAMISM.

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How Managerial Quality Affects Energy Usage In Manufacturing Firms

The Horizons Tracker

This narrative was further explored in a recent study that also set to take into account things like energy prices alongside the quality of management. of global GDP. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the analysis found that subsidies matter, but that better managed companies appear to respond to the external environment more intensely.

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