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How Ready Are Companies For The Post-Pandemic World?

The Horizons Tracker

For instance, during 2020, GDP in advanced economies plummeted, with many businesses having to shut for prolonged periods, and nearly all having to rapidly adapt to the changing conditions. The Covid pandemic has undoubtedly been one of the most disruptive periods in most organizations’ history. Cultural similarities.

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Working Mothers Are Important Contributors to the U.S. Labor Force

HR Digest

McKinsey reported that working mothers were 1.5 McKinsey ’s survey also showed that working mothers were 6 percent more likely to be dealing with mental health concerns than their male counterparts. times more likely to spend 3 additional hours on their household responsibilities than working fathers.

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Priorities for Jumpstarting the U.S. Industrial Economy

Harvard Business Review

trillion in output annually, adding up to 17% of GDP. A recent report from the McKinsey Global Institute identified a series of these disruptive technologies—from advanced materials to big data—that the firm projects will transform how we do business and live our lives. They employ 12.3 million people, or 9% of total U.S.

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Greece and Its Misguided Champions

Harvard Business Review

Greece offered a tantalizing opportunity to socially minded critics to condemn the approach taken by the euro group under Germany’s leadership. Contractionary policies may create a self-reinforcing spiral of decline that increases the debt-to-GDP ratio.

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Creating a Culture of Unconditional Love

Harvard Business Review

It was the largest sovereign debt default in world history, and GDP fell by some 30% coupled with a 300% currency devaluation. Egon personally checked my references with McKinsey, my employer then. Coaching Hiring Leadership Managing people Organizational culture' But we all know what happened in 2001.

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10 Sustainable Business Stories Too Important to Miss

Harvard Business Review

PwC’s annual Low Carbon Economy Index report concluded that we must lower global carbon intensity (the amount of carbon produced for every dollar of GDP) by 6% per year until 2100, a percentage point lower than last year’s report recommended. Executives at Unilever credit their ranking to the company’s known leadership on sustainability.

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How Reducing Gender Inequality Could Boost U.S. GDP by $2.1 Trillion

Harvard Business Review

New research by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) finds that every U.S. state and city could add at least 5% to GDP by 2025 by advancing the economic potential of women. states could add more than 10%, and the nation’s 50 largest cities could add between 6% and 13% of GDP. Half of U.S. We found that about $2.1

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