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Business priorities in the post-pandemic era
Inside the Strategy Room Podcast, McKinsey & Company, 01 April 2021This episode of the Inside the Strategy Room podcast features a conversation between Kevin Sneader, McKinsey’s global managing partner, and John Waldron, president and chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs, as they discuss the current state of mergers and acquisitions, business priorities in the post-pandemic era, and how government...
adaptive leadership
socio political environment
What more than 32,000 people think about the future of work
Victoria Masterson, World Economic Forum, 01 April 2021New data from PwC’s Hopes and Fears 2021 report, a survey of more than 32,000 workers across 19 countries, reveals, after a year that has had a huge impact on the world of work, half of workers still feel excited or confident about the future. However, 60 per cent are worried that automation is putting many jobs at risk, with 39 per...
socio political environment
stakeholder
Politics, Leadership, and Public Policy with Peter van Onselen
Very Public Affairs Pod, Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, 31 March 2021In this episode of the Very Public Affairs Podcast, academic, journalist, and commentator, Peter van Onselen, sits down with the Centre's research assistant, Georgio Platias, to talk about the big challenges and opportunities facing Australia in the next year. Peter also analyses what 'good' leadership is,...
public policy
socio political environment
Investors press companies on human rights in Xinjiang
Ross Kerber & Victoria Waldersee, Reuters, 31 March 2021A group of religious and socially conscious investors are ramping up pressure on Western companies over alleged human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region. The wave of boycotts coincided with sanctions imposed by Britain, Canada, the European Union and the United States over what they say are human rights abuses taking place in Xinjiang....
socio political environment
Trust in tech craters
Ina Fried & Mike Allen, Axios, 31 March 2021The Edelman Trust Barometer has found via a survey of 31,000 people in 27 countries, that trust in tech companies, including those specialising in AI, VR, 5G and the internet of things, fell all around the world last year. For example, Edelman found that "favourable views" of the tech sector globally dropped six points overall,...
socio political environment
Holding the news to ransom? What we know so far about the Channel 9 cyber attack
Paul Haksell-Dowland, The Conversation, 30 March 2021There is no official statement on what caused Channel 9’s cyber incident, but malware was spread between devices at Channel 9’s Sydney headquarters, leaving data and production systems inaccessible. Although it is too early to definitively attribute blame, media reports have pointed to a foreign state actor. The Nine Network also released a...
socio political environment
crisis management
The coronavirus effect on global economic sentiment
McKinsey & Company, 30 March 2021In a new global survey conducted by McKinsey, executives see positive momentum building in the economy. But weak demand continues to threaten corporate growth, and the pandemic remains the biggest risk to growth in respondents’ countries. While the global economic outlook has wavered in recent months, respondents are more optimistic now, with...
socio political environment
socio political environment
“It’s a ‘who’s who’ of companies that finds itself in trouble ” - boycotts in China
The Intelligence Podcast, The Economist, 30 March 2021This episode of The Intelligence Podcast
discusses how Western fashion brands are being boycotted by Chinese consumers over sanctions and human rights abuses, a spat that may soon…
socio political environment
How memes became a major vehicle for misinformation
Sara Fischer & Alison Snyder, Axios, 25 March 2021Memes have become a powerful medium in spreading misinformation and influencing online communities. For example, new research from media intelligence group, Zignal Labs, shows memes have increased the spread of COVID-19-related misinformation. However, Artificial Intelligence has failed to detect and block-out…
socio political environment
UK to shake up how companies are run and audited
Reuters, 18 March 2021The UK Government has set out proposals to tighten corporate governance and “inject more rigour and competition” into audits. The main proposals will look to add new obligations on auditors and directors around detecting and preventing fraud, as well as transparency and “resilience statements,” which set out how an organisation is mitigating...
socio political environment
governance