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The Precarious Nature Of Youth Employment

The Horizons Tracker

A recent report from the innovation group Nesta suggests that there are six million people in the UK who are in such a precarious position, and they caution that without assistance, these people will be stuck in a cycle of either low-pay and insecure employment or forced out of the workforce entirely. A helpless situation.

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How the Rapid Growth of Ecommerce Is Driving Changes in Logistics and Transportation Management

Strategy Driven

However, for e-commerce businesses, shipping parcels to different locations safely and punctually requires complex planning. The proximity to urban areas allows parcels to get delivered faster, which is a key differentiator.

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Psychology of Time – The Impact on Your Orientation

CO2

My company, Time Diagnostics, have worked with Phil Zimbardo to integrate the ZTPI into a coaching tool called the Time Intelligence Report. The report looks very helpful. Take a look at [link] – I’d appreciate your feedback. Cheers Tony [link] Gary B Cohen Tony this is really interesting. Pink Demos Dr. John Sullivan FORA.tv

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How Companies Say They’re Using Big Data

Harvard Business Review

I’ve been surveying executives of Fortune 1000 companies about their data investments since 2012, and for the first time a near majority – 48.4% — report that their firms are achieving measurable results from their big data investments , with 80.7% Of the executives who report starting such a project, only 40.2%

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What to Do When Each Department Uses Different Words to Describe the Same Thing

Harvard Business Review

Specialized vocabularies develop in the business world every day to support new or specialized disciplines, departments, problems, and innovative opportunities. Instead, companies must thread the needle, following two rules: First, do all you can to encourage innovation and the growth of specialized language that comes with it.

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Mary Barra Brings Teaming to General Motors

Harvard Business Review

What we have here is a culture of team rather than of personality,” Dan Akerson told a Forbes reporter proudly, explaining the management changes. That’s part and parcel of Mary’s success, and the rest of the team plays well together, too.” Innovation is always the product of teaming. They play well as a team.

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6 Ways to Keep Good Ideas from Dying at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

And yet when companies suddenly decide to “get more innovative,” starting hackathons, idea competitions, and accelerator programs, they typically forget to address all those things that kill perfectly good ideas after they hatch. But the most common cause of death they reported? Here are six ways to change that.