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AECOM as an infrastructure delivery advisor for Ukraine reconstruction

The Company has formalized partnerships with the Government of Ukraine to provide program management and technical advisory support drawn from its extensive reconstruction experience Dallas (June 20, 2023) — AECOM (NYSE: ACM), the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukraine’s Ministry for Communities, Territories and... The post AECOM to serve as infrastructure delivery advisor for Ukraine reconstruction appeared first on AECOM.

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Speed, simplification and specialization in Malta

When the Malta Financial Services Advisory Council launched its strategy in March 2023, the Malta Business Registry (MBR) was pleased to see that three of the five pillars on which it was based were those it had already based its own strategy on speed, simplification and specialisation. The MBR embarked on a transformation process with its first forays into digitisation in 2004 and has come a long way since the…

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Say it Right – 10 Useful Employee Performance Review Phrases

Performance reviews can be quite a challenge, for managers and employees alike. As a manager, you bear the responsibility of providing feedback to your team members, and that can be quite daunting, especially if you’re new to the role. Believe me, I know from personal experience! However, it’s crucial not to overlook the importance of performance reviews. Studies have shown that highly engaged employees are significantly less likely to leave…

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Combating poverty with the use of synthetic data

If you have ever used a smartwatch or other wearable tech to track your steps, heart rate, or sleep, you are part of the “quantified self” movement. You are voluntarily submitting millions of intimate data points for collection and analysis. The Economist highlighted the benefits of good quality personal health and wellness data—increased physical activity, more efficient healthcare, and constant monitoring of chronic conditions. However, not everyone is enthusiastic about…

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What is the blue economy?

The blue economy refers to the industries and societies that rely on oceans and waterways. The term is often used to promote the sustainable use of the oceans. The blue economy involves economic sectors such as offshore wind energy, tourism, marine biotechnology, fishing, agriculture and transport. Covering more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, oceans and seas provide food, medicines, renewable energy, and natural resources to billions of people around…

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AI is Powering Marketing Success, Business Growth

Today, at Meta’s Performance Marketing Summit in Toronto, we brought the marketing community together to help them take advantage of our growing suite of business tools and find new opportunities to drive effective campaigns using artificial intelligence (AI).  AI has been a foundational part of all our apps and services since 2006, and it currently powers our discovery engine, ads business, content moderation and more. The advancements we have made…

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Really Memorable Leaders Tell Stories, Don’t Spout Statistics

It doesn’t matter if you’re crafting a pitch for tech investors, consumers, or election-season voters. If you want your target audience to remember your message the next day, tell a story. That’s one of the findings of a new study by Thomas Graeber, assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. People are more likely to recall information over a longer period when it’s wrapped in an anecdote as…

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A long interview on Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover and Strategic Change Lessons

On March 10, 1874, Alexander Graham Bell launched a new era in communications with the memorable but mundane phrase, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want you." 132 years later, in March of 2006, Jack Dorsey launched another communications revolution with the uninspiring and perhaps even less memorable phrase, "just set up my twitter." All lowercase. By the way, that first-ever tweet sold at auction for 2.5 million in 2021, proving…

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Most Creators can be “Supercharged” by Generative AI

Generative AI will “supercharge” creators across industries and content types, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang said today at the Cannes Lions Festival, on the French Riviera. “For the very first time, the creative process can be amplified in content generation, and the content generation could be in any modality — it could be text, images, 3D, videos,” Huang said in a conversation with Mark Read, CEO of WPP —…

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How Management Consultants Drive Successful Mergers and Acquisitions

By leveraging their expertise and experience, management consultants provide invaluable assistance throughout the M&A process, ensuring its success. Introduction In the fast-paced and ever-evolving business world, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have become integral strategies for companies seeking growth, market expansion, and increased competitiveness. However, navigating the complex landscape of M&A transactions can be daunting without expert guidance. This is where management consultants play a pivotal role. By leveraging their expertise…

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Do You really have to “fake it ‘til you make it”?

In challenging times, organizations need their leaders to step up and drive results. When it comes to making that happen, just about every leader gets feedback that they have valuable strengths, as well as areas of opportunity where they could improve. For most leaders, your strengths come rather easily. However, addressing your areas of opportunity is usually more of a challenge! Even worse, when your manager, peers, and others tell…

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How Hollywood and Entertainment are affected by Generative AI

One of the many topics involving generative AI that is receiving a lot of attention is its potential effects on Hollywood and the entertainment industry. It’s an obvious concern because generative AI can create the types of outputs that the industry uses — text (in the form of stories, scripts, ad copy, and reviews), marketing […]

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Modern Mindset – An interview with Biswa Misra

Challenging the perception that insurance is a low-tech industry, AIA Group has updated its offerings and processes to become more accessible to millions of customers in Asia. In this episode of the McKinsey on Insurance podcast, Biswa Misra, the group chief technology officer and life operations officer at AIA, spoke to McKinsey senior partner Anand Swaminathan about how he helped chart a course for change, the importance of strong teams…

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How to make product design in consumer products Sustainable

Is it an R&D problem? Customers increasingly demand sustainable products. But, with the rising cost of living, they also want affordability and convenience. Consumer product companies must research and develop faster, to maintain product appeal, whilst reducing their environmental impact. R&D is at the forefront of innovation, relentlessly developing new technologies, formulating new products, designing new packaging, and improving production methods. However, R&D is also under pressure to balance multiple,…

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What it mean to be an employee-owned business

We are proud of our culture We are proud of our culture and values at Clarasys. We, as teams, deliver excellence, trust underpins everything we do and we help each other grow. We can be who we want to be at work, with beautifully different perspectives and have the humility to reflect and learn, have courage to do the hard things and own our impact. We love our work. And…

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Keep Your Loyal Customers Closer – Holiday Shopping Predictions

It’s the most wonderful time of the retail year: Companies are gearing up for another competitive holiday shopping season. While the 2022 season focused on increasing profitability during a challenging economy, Salesforce’s holiday shopping predictions show that 2023 is all about keeping loyal customers happy. Why? Because finding new customers is getting more expensive — and marketing budgets are shrinking. Since existing customers drive most of the retailers’ revenue, keeping…

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Texas finally pass data privacy and security law

2023 has brought several states into the privacy limelight. On June 18, Governor Abbott signed the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”) into law, making the Lone Star state the eleventh in the U.S. to pass a comprehensive data privacy and security law. The Act provides Texas consumers with the ability to submit requests to exercise privacy rights and extends to parents the ability to exercise rights on behalf…

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Weak policies, political ideologies, risk jeopardize plans to tackle health and climate change

Writing in the journal Science and Public Policy, Professor Marteau argues that this ‘evidence-neglect’ is a result of incentive structures that encourage politicians to set ambitious policy goals while simultaneously disincentivising them from implementing the policies needed to achieve them, and of political ideologies and interests that conflict with effective policies. Two changes could mitigate these factors, she writes: engaging citizens more in policy-making so their interests dominate; and increasing…

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New whistleblower regulation for Luxembourg

The Law of 16 May 2023 transposing Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report violations of Union law was published in the Mémorial A n°232 of 17 May 2023. The Law came into force on 21 May 2023. Authors: Celine Defay celine.defay@kleyrgrasso.com Eloïse Hullar eloise.hullar@kleyrgrasso.com The purpose of the Law is to protect the whistle-blower who reports…

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To fight money laundering, FIAU is working with partners

At the end of 2022, the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) launched its first-ever strategy for the period 2023-2026. Its Acting Director Alfred Zammit spoke to FinanceMalta about the most important changes that it signifies. The past 20 years have seen significant changes to Malta’s economy and, with that, the role of the FIAU. As that role evolved, so did its operations. Ten years ago, it had only 13 employees…

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Online Transactions Clarity – Credit Card Companies Introduce Measures for Online Subscriptions

Recent findings from the CPC Network have brought to light concerning practices regarding recurring subscription payments in the European Union (EU). These practices have led many customers to unwittingly sign up for unwanted subscriptions. It was discovered that 10% of EU consumers have fallen victim to such unwanted subscriptions in the past. In response, the European Commission, in collaboration with the CPC Network, worked with major card schemes like Mastercard,…

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Navigating the New Workplace with a Holistic Approach

The four factors run along different dimensions – short-term vs. long-term, individual vs. collective. However, they should be treated as interdependent parts of an integrated system and addressed holistically to ensure that a focus on one doesn’t undermine another. Take, for example, one of the most significant current demands from employees: the ability to work remotely. While some may be delighted by the opportunity to do their jobs from home…

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Industrial automation is headed to a tipping point

Over the past few decades, industrial automation has evolved gradually, with few changes in market structure. But the pace of change is accelerating, thanks to technology disruptions and macro trends such as reshoring, a global skilled labor shortage, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts. Is the day likewise coming when software-defined manufacturing will turn shop floors into “smartphones with robotic arms”? A scenario analysis by McKinsey suggests the answer…

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Clean, sustainable fuels made ‘from thin air’ and plastic waste

Researchers from the University of Cambridge developed a solar-powered reactor that converts captured CO2 and plastic waste into sustainable fuels and other valuable chemical products.   In tests, CO2 was converted into syngas, a key building block for sustainable liquid fuels, and plastic bottles were converted into glycolic acid, which is widely used in the cosmetics industry. Unlike earlier tests of their solar fuels technology, however, the team took CO2…

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NATO high-risk July meeting and more about Poland

“I wouldn’t exclude the possibility that Poland would engage even stronger in this context on a national basis and be followed by the Baltic states, maybe including the possibility of troops on the ground. […] We shouldn’t underestimate the Polish feelings, the Poles feel that for too long western Europe did not listen to their warnings against the true Russian mentality.” It’s important to note that Rasmussen is not just…

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Selling a business: The right advice can help entrepreneurs find the magic number

The most important number in an entrepreneur’s head is usually the offer they require to sell up and retire comfortably. Watching your company flourish and grow can be an exhilarating experience and part of that thrill is knowing that your efforts are making you wealthier. You have built something valuable and one day the time may be right to reap the rewards and enjoy a slower pace of life. But…

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Password Manager Compliance and Security in Life Science

The use of password managers to create, store, and reuse passwords across different systems and applications has gained popularity in our personal and professional lives. There are several benefits associated with the use of password managers. They enable users to establish strong passwords that are not easily hacked, copied or guessed. Additionally, they keep the user from having to memorize a multitude of passwords, thereby creating efficient user access and…

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Strategies for Success – Supply Chain Transformation in Aerospace/Defense

We’ve all felt the crunch post-pandemic. However, aerospace and defense suppliers seem to have felt this crunch with particular intensity. From a state of near-zero demand during the height of lockdowns, the industry has rapidly shifted to meeting the skyrocketing demand as borders reopen and consumers resume travel. This unprecedented surge in demand has put significant pressure on aerospace and defense suppliers. As professionals in the aerospace and defense sector…

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Companies Should Have These Leaders (or Develop Them if They Don’t)

We’ve long known that organizations require so-called flexible leaders to respond to rapid market fluctuations; the last couple of years have only emphasized that necessity. The environment we operate in—shaped by the pandemic, social justice issues, war, and economic turmoil—is now more volatile than ever. Amid all this turbulence, strategic thinkers must quickly evaluate opportunities and threats while operationalizing strategy. What organizations need now are “T-shaped leaders”—those who share knowledge…

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Steps to Build the Psychological Safety That High-Performing Teams Need

Perks like remote work or unlimited vacation time might be nice, but when it comes to true fulfilment in a post-pandemic workscape, psychological safety is essential. Harvard Business School Professor Amy C. Edmondson coined the term “team psychological safety” in the 1990s to describe work environments where candor is expected and where employees can speak up without fear of retribution. When employees feel psychologically safe, they’re empowered to iterate and…

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Is Inexperience an unexpected virtue?

What do a flight simulator product manager, an advertising agency brand manager, a paralegal, and a bunch of undergraduate students have in common? All are founders of disruptive startups that are transforming the financial services industry. And all of them founded these startups with precisely ZERO years of experience in financial services and without any prior expertise on the highly complex and technical business issues their startups' address. Despite what, on…

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