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What Comes After DEI
Lily Zheng, Harvard Business ReviewWhile backlash to DEI has challenged how companies and practitioners approach creating more equitable workplaces, fewer have considered whether DEI work itself has room to improve. A new framework, built around the core outcomes of fairness, access, inclusion, and representation (FAIR) that DEI was supposed to...
workplace
socio political environment
Which companies are enforcing office returns?
Sam Forsdick, RaconteurLast year, several large companies announced strict return-to-office mandates. This led some to speculate that in 2025 more companies will end their remote and hybrid-working arrangements, many of which were introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic.
socio political environment
workplace
Chief Economists Outlook: January 2025
World Economic ForumThe January 2025 Chief Economists Outlook explores key trends in the global economy, including the latest outlook for growth, inflation, monetary and fiscal policy. It discusses the impact of US policy on the global economy, investigates fragmentation trends and discusses the turbulent outlook for global trade.
socio political environment
geo political environment
Substack: The next big thing or another media bubble?
Catherine Baab-Muguira, QuartzThe media industry needs a Saviour. Maybe the entire knowledge economy does. Enter Substack, the newsletter platform that punches far above its weight in cultural impact, despite its mere $650 million valuation.
media relations
socio political environment
The Future of Jobs Report 2025
World Economic ForumTechnological change, geo-economic fragmentation, economic uncertainty, demographic shifts and the green transition – individually and in combination are among the major drivers transforming the global labour market by 2030.
socio political environment
governance
The UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting should be a turning point for corporate America
Ranjay Gulati and Alison Beard, Harvard Business ReviewThe murder of Brian Thompson — and the public’s reaction to it — show frustration with corporations has reached a fever pitch. This is due, in part, to the failure of business to deliver value to customers, employees, and communities (including shareholders), simultaneously.
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Moving the needle: How the ‘New York Times’ aims to guide readers through America’s most uncertain election
Eduardo Suárez, Reuters InstituteOn the night of the 2016 US presidential election the New York Times launched the needle, a data visualisation vaguely reminiscent of a car’s speedometer. The needle promised to show readers what the early count may mean for the final result.
socio political environment
Retirement Reimagined: Facing the future with confidence
SunLifeBy 2050, close to 1.3 billion people in Asia Pacific — one in four people — will be over 60 years old. This significant demographic shift, as large segments of the population reach old age and live longer, will create new challenges and opportunities for societies across the region.
socio political environment
Dealing with Volatility, while delivering Value. 2024 Corporate Affairs Report
Tim Johnson, Mark Hutcheon and Hannah Shattock, DeloitteA study of corporate affairs strategies, structures and operations in times of uncertainty.
corporate reputation
socio political environment
The antitrust ruling that could shake up the world of search
Danielle Kutchel, Law Society JournalGoogle has become a dominate presence in our lives, a gateway to near-infinite information, implanted on the phones we carry every day. But how did it get like this? An antitrust case in the USA found that Google’s dominance may not be simply a natural phenomenon.
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