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Internal Strategy: Lessons Learned (1 of 2)

Tom Spencer

The strategy team consisted mostly of ex-consultants where our primary role was to execute and coordinate all key activities of the GWAM business, spanning six business units and eight functions, in areas of strategic initiatives, M&A, and corporate finance. Defining and identifying emerging disruptive business models (e.g.,

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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

Figure 1 : Innovations from NASA will help the US meet its sustainable aviation goals. The funds from these credits go towards financing various sustainability projects. Shell aims to produce around 2 million tons of SAF per year by 2025. Aerospace is one of the fastest growing markets. Technology Advancement.

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Customer intent is a treasure trove of actionable data hiding in plain sight

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By 2025, smart workflows and seamless interactions among humans and machines will be as standard as the corporate balance sheet, and most employees will use data to optimize nearly every aspect of their work, predicts McKinsey & Company. Businesses are eager to unlock insights that can help them adapt to change and reengage customers.

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The Impact of Carbon Taxation on Supply Chains in China

Comatch

Green finance is becoming increasingly dominant, as long-term investors see environmental risk management as a fundamental success factor in securing long-term returns. From 2023 to 2025, importers of carbon-intensive inputs must calculate and report on their emissions, but they will not have to pay the carbon tax yet.

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Connecting Unemployed Youth with Organizations That Need Talent

Harvard Business

for example, announced it will hire 5% of all entry-level store employees from graduates of its This Way Ahead (TWA) paid store internship program by 2025. relies on TWA to teach job readiness and life skills to teens and young adults from low-income communities while also generating proven talent pipeline and business benefits.

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What Is Blockchain? A Beginner’s Guide

Tom Spencer

According to Nick Szabo , a cryptographer and “father” of smart contracts, an idea which he explored in a paper published in 1998 , smart contracts are “a set of promises agreed to in a meeting of the minds [which] is the traditional way to formalize a relationship.”. Image Source: Wall Street Journal ).

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What Workers and Companies Should Know About the Republican Tax Bills

Harvard Business

And because the corporate proposals lose revenue, it’s impossible to fully assess this part of the legislation without considering how those cuts would eventually be financed. Because the Senate bill sunsets most individual income tax provisions after 2025, while leaving the corporate tax cut unchanged, it would have two major effects.

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