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Remote Work & Office Work – Discovering the Mutual Benefits

Tom Spencer

Whilst remote working has brought many benefits – increased flexibility, reduced travel costs, and resulting lower pollution – it has come with its own set of drawbacks. This increases communication effectiveness but can reduce productivity due to a split focus on work and interaction.

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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

While electric vehicles are already replacing conventional automobiles, no electric aircraft is ready for large scale commercial production that can usher in a sustainable revolution in aerospace. Sub-orbital travel, popularized in 2021 by Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Elon Musk, is projected to become a $3.5 Chemical Innovations.

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New Leadership for the Twenty-first Century

Tom Spencer

Understanding the rapidly changing business environment will be essential to ensure efficient and effective leadership going forwards. This system was to some extent based on Toyota’s method of just-in-time production, and was promoted as best practice by leading professors at the world’s top business schools.

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Technical Women Are Software Managers

Johanna Rothman

Women Quickly Dropped out of Studying Computer Science. I started to travel internationally as a consultant in the late 1990s. Everyone started off on the same footing in their studies in school, and many of the European-culture companies didn't fall for the myth that they should promote the best technical person to management.

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Organizational structure for remote teams

Asamby Consulting

Studies have shown the possibility of employees to work in a place that they are more comfortable which saves time and money for commuting and eating outside, and staying close to their family has led to a better work-life balance along with better performance. Focus on the team results instead of monitoring what they do and how they do.

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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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What We Can Learn About the Economics of Discrimination from a Chilling Study of 1930s Germany

Harvard Business

Here are just a few examples: The travel ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, which has raised fears among U.S. Our recent study breaks new ground by measuring the economic losses caused by discrimination. of German gross national product, a first-order economic loss.

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