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Research: The ESG issues that matter most to people
Daniel J. Benjamin, Ori Heffetz, and Michael M. Weinstein, Harvard Business ReviewResearch conducted by nonprofit organisation JUST Capital highlights the importance of public opinion in determining corporate behaviors. The study reveals that when evaluating American firms, the public places a significant emphasis on the treatment of workers. This priority remains consistent across demographic...
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2023 Corporate Public Affairs Oration
Delivered by Stan Grant, Author, Journalist and Broadcaster
“What will it take for the public square to be a more civil and attractive place for the airing and contest of ideas in liberal democracies, and what is the role of individuals, institutions, and business to engender respect in and...
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What is responsible computing?
Rashik Parmar, Marc Peters, and Llewellyn D.W. Thomas, Harvard Business ReviewFor businesses, technology has a variety of interconnected impacts including unintended consequences, data risks, and appropriateness of technological uses, as well as broader environmental concerns. The authors offer a systemic Responsible Computing Framework that integrates environmental challenges including...
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Amid growing AI, humanise communication to strengthen relationships
Cole Clark, MIT SloanAI entered a new era when artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT became available to the public this year. These technologies are taking over more and more aspects of business as they seep into the collective consciousness. As Vox put it, generative AI is “suddenly everywhere,” and it’s poised to profoundly...
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The four-day workweek: How to make it work in your organisation
Andrew Barnes, MIT SloanAs co-founder of 4 Day Week Global, Andrew Barnes has a front-row seat to the world’s largest experiment on the effects of scaling back the workweek.
It started with Barnes’s own New Zealand company, Perpetual Guardian when he wondered whether his staff members could do their jobs better if they worked the...
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What roles could generative AI play on your team?
Misiek Piskorski and Amit JoshiThe recent advances in ChatGPT are merely the first application of new AI technologies. As such, companies and leaders need to think about the various applications outlined here and use the framework described in the article to develop applications for your own company or organisation. In the process, they will...
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Don’t miss these three opportunities to improve work culture
Meredith Somers, MIT SloanA study from Columbia University and Duke University found that 92 per cent of CEOs and CFOs believe that improving their company’s culture would increase its value — not just in terms of increased employee engagement or job satisfaction but also better financial and operational...
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“The news feeds do not sag”: A look at Ukraine’s local news landscape, more than a year into the war
07 June 2023Most of the publishers surveyed now view “external migrants” — Ukrainians who’ve left the country — as their target audience.
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AI makes our journalism even more important
Misha Ketchell, The ConversationOne of the troubling things about modern life is the fact that so many of our ordinary decisions are manipulated by vested interests and opaque forces. The social media age we are living in today makes that sort of manipulation seem like child’s play.
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CEOs are predicting a mild recession in the US
Dana Peterson, Harvard Business ReviewA recent survey of CEOs suggests that most expect a recession in the U.S. but that it will be “short and shallow.” For that reason, many aren’t anticipating layoffs and some are even still hiring. It points toward a continuation of the current tight labour market, even as the economy cools in response to the...
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