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2008 Financial Crisis – Causes and historical context

Tom Spencer

Many an economics and finance course later, I see that the layers of complexities to the 2008 financial crisis are innumerable. However, on October 6 th 2008, the Federal Reserve also began paying interest to banks on their excess reserves stored at the Fed, and the quantity of these reserves reached over $1.5 It all seemed so clear.

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Inflation: Understanding its Impact on the Economy

Tom Spencer

Since 2008, the rate of inflation in the U.S. Unemployment will tend to return to its natural rate , consistent with an economy operating at full capacity, and inflation will be influenced by people’s rational expectations about what inflation is likely to be. remained stable, at or below the Fed’s 2% target.

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Cybersecurity 101: How to defend against cyber-attacks

Tom Spencer

When developers discover a bug in a software program or operating system, cybercriminals have a window of opportunity to exploit the vulnerability before it is fixed. All organisations should run on secure operating systems, at least Windows 10. Zero-day exploits. Educate staff. Retrieved from [link]. Retrieved from [link].

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Case Study: Can You Fix a Toxic Culture Without Firing People?

Harvard Business

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. She’d gone to Arkansas to review operational plans and financial projections for the rest of the year with the team on the ground. Do we join hands and sing Kumbaya?

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3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn

Organizational Talent Consulting

Only operating in the short term or taking too much risk and gambling on one specific future are frequent traps leaders fall into when facing economic uncertainty. In the following video, Dr. Chermack provides an overview of the process using a small business case study. So, what can leaders and companies do now to emerge stronger?

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Lead to the future: leadership imperatives for success

Brimstone Consulting

To take advantage of this opportunity place focus on building agility, aligning the organization, operating as a team of teams, and developing your people. A 2020 study found that most leaders (84%) feel their vision for the future is aligned with the organization. Build Agility. Breweries pivoted to making hand sanitizers.

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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

The proven benefits of innovation include: increased competitive advantage improved operational productivity reduced costs and increased revenue improved commercial value enhanced problem-solving One modern innovation that is impressive to watch is SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 (watch the video below). million per launch. Hjeltnes, A.,

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