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The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light

Harvard Business

Airbnb has pushed the limits of designing its customer call center operation in Portland, Oregon. Today, employers recognize that the workplace environment is now part of the overall employee experience equation and a key lever to attract, engage, and retain top talent. The benefits of these elements is is well recognized.

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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

Harvard Business

Innovation ranks fifth, after more-conventional concerns such as attracting and retaining top talent and the regulatory environment. This isn’t all that surprising given the level of innovation activity in these sectors, but directors operating in similarly disrupted sectors should take note.

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Will Arizona Be America’s Next Cybersecurity Cluster? - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM ARIZONA COMMERCE AUTHORITY

Harvard Business

Talent is critical in this effort, and Arizona’s educational institutions are ahead of the game. U of A is home to the Wireless Network and Cyber Security Research Lab, and has been designated by the National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense.

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What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe

Harvard Business

Zimbabwe’s largest telecommunication company Econet Wireless has found success with its online payment platform that helps Zimbabweans manage the challenges of its multi-currency system. For example, Deloitte expanded its Harare office into a central Africa hub due to the strong talent pool.

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

The event attended will explore the role of tech leaders in fostering positive transformations, addressing ways to bolster operations, tackle difficulties, and achieve concrete business outcomes. In particular, the discussions will focus on the need to adapt latest technological solutions to achieve operational effectiveness.

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Success with the Internet of Things Requires More Than Chasing the Cool Factor

Harvard Business

With data analytics provided by Microsoft Azure and an informational infrastructure developed collaboratively by Industrial Scientific and Cisco, operators now have a dashboard to remotely monitor the people, equipment, and air quality in the mine in real time. They Update Their Talent Management Strategies. The reason?

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3 Reasons Global Firms Should Keep Investing in India

Harvard Business

India has added new customers at the fastest rate for Amazon in its history of operations across the world, including the U.S. Internet wireless access has dramatically increased recently, especially after Reliance Jio’s 4G rollout (Reliance alone added 160 million new users in a year). In sheer numbers, India is hard to beat.