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The 4 Dimensions of Digital Trust, Charted Across 42 Countries

Harvard Business

Are there countries where guaranteeing trust is a more urgent priority and will draw a larger share of trust-building resources and regulations? Here are some of our initial findings, drawn from the study, “Digital Planet 2017: How Competitiveness and Trust in Digital Economies Vary Across the World.”

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How My Company Created an Apprenticeship Program to Help Diversify Tech

Harvard Business

In January 2017 we partnered with Colleen Showalter from the local Boys and Girls Club (BGC) in Portland, Oregon, and asked if they would help us recruit new talent, ages 18 and above, from underrepresented groups. We mentored and supported them over six months, as they completed their courses.

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Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones

Epicflow

He earned his PhD in resource management, underlining his expertise. Preparing Dinner (Resource & Quantity Buffer). This is different from saving money for investment purposes, which is about growing your financial resources over time. Keeping a Spare Tire (Risk & Resource Buffer). Having Insurance (Risk Buffer).

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The “Smart Society” of the Future Doesn’t Look Like Science Fiction

Harvard Business

To set an aspirational but realistic target, we created a benchmark that combines the best attributes of these advanced digital nations. Second, with the benchmark as a composite, no single nation achieves it and yet each of the five countries’ progress toward the ideal can be assessed in terms of performance against the benchmark.