New wave of Copilot innovation coming to education

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  • Reading time:10 mins read

Enhance your AI journey with Business Chat and Copilot Pages, updates to Copilot in the Microsoft 365 apps, Copilot agents, enterprise data protection, and more. We’re introducing a new wave of Microsoft Copilot innovation with Business Chat and Copilot Pages, updates to Copilot in the Microsoft 365 apps, Copilot agents,…

74% of financial advice from social media leads to an “undesired outcome”

There’s an abundance of unregulated financial advice available, and research suggests it could harm your security and long-term plans. Whether you receive advice through social media or follow the financial decisions of friends, you could take more risk than is appropriate or miss out on opportunities. Read on to discover…

London & Capital appoints Nicole Ralph as Executive Director

By London & Capital | 20 Sep, 2024 We are delighted to announce the appointment of Nicole Ralph as an Executive Director to our Private Wealth team. Nicole brings over 20 years of experience working with HNW US expats and their families. As a dual US/UK citizen, she has dedicated…

AI can transform workforce planning for travel and logistics companies

  • Post category:McKinsey & Company
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For many travel and logistics providers, workforce challenges have become an increasing source of anxiety. Labor shortages are frequent and labor costs are rising. Workforce planning missteps can result in reduced margins and degraded customer service. These workforce challenges affect more than three million people employed at the 40 top-grossing…

Learning to Learn

How can we overcome change and learn to create a better experience at work—for ourselves and our teams? To launch us into Season Three of Learning Through Experience, my first guest explores with me the pedagogy of hope and transformation, focusing on interpersonal and group dynamics. As Dr. Lisa Lahey…

From the Past to the Future: Debunking Myths About Contemporary Africa

The past cannot be changed, however, we can learn from it. Africa’s expectation, in particular of its rising younger generation, is to be treated with respect and fairness. Africa is embracing diversity while re-anchoring to its roots, writes Ibrahima Diagne in the second part of his reflections on Africa’s role…

New quantum safe cryptographic standards future proofing financial security in the quantum age

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  • Reading time:8 mins read

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released three new cryptographic standards ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA, designed to protect sensitive data against the emerging threat of quantum computing. These standards are crucial for the financial services sector, which is particularly vulnerable to the risks posed by quantum technology.…

UK Retail Workers Win Landmark Equal Pay Case

  • Post category:Ogletree Deakins
  • Reading time:5 mins read

Quick Hits In 2018, in-store sales consultants, who are predominantly female, argued that their work was of equal value to Next’s predominantly male warehouse-based workers. Next argued that the difference in pay rates was in response to market forces driven by the wider labour market. The Employment Tribunal ruled that…

The right way to co-create with AI

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  • Reading time:6 mins read

Three weeks ago, I dropped off my fourth and youngest child at college—the same school his mom and I both attended back in the ’90s. On the one hand, I was struck by how familiar it all felt. He now lives in the same dorm his mom did during her…

5 Tips You Haven’t Seen for Engaging Hybrid And Remote Workers

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According to Forbes, one in five workers is working remotely and 98% of workers want to work remotely at least some of the time. Yet, despite the flexibility that hybrid and remote work offer, engagement is a major challenge. In fact, the 2023 State of Remote Work report by Buffer…

Reimagining healthcare industry service operations in the age of AI

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As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, operations leaders face a complex set of challenges, including high administrative costs and employee attrition rates. Administrative accounts for about 25 percent of the more than $4 trillion spent on healthcare annually in the United States. Simultaneously, in response to rising expectations, organizations…

NATO is There, but BRICS Is Also Good: Ankara Opts for a New World Order

BRICS membership would significantly increase Turkey’s international authority and prestige. The country would be able to actively participate in the development of global economic and political strategies, offering its ideas and formulas for solving global problems, write Igbal Adil Oglu Guliyev and Murad Sadygzade. In early September 2024, Turkey once…

High-Stakes Elections: Foreign and Domestic Policy Dimensions of the US Presidential Campaign

On September 19, 2024, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion, titled “Elections in the USA: What Awaits Ukraine?” Moderator Andrey Sushentsovx noted that the American presidential elections scheduled for November 5 are of concern to most countries throughout the world, and will affect many areas of international life. For…

Achieving hypergrowth: It’s all about the people

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  • Reading time:14 mins read

Most founder CEOs will tell you that it’s the people who matter most for a start-up’s success—that entrepreneurial band of software engineers, product developers, marketing managers, finance associates, and others who can help bring an idea to life and then to market. Founder CEOs know that talent is a key…

Hedge funds: good or bad for market functioning?

23 September 2024By Federico Maria Ferrara, Tobias Linzert, Benoit Nguyen, Imène Rahmouni-Rousseau, Marta Skrzypińska and Lia Vaz Cruz[1]Hedge funds have substantially increased their trading activity in euro area government bond and repo markets. The ECB Blog evaluates how this plays out for market functioning and intermediation. Government bonds are central…

Cash is Still King, But Speed is the New Queen

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  • Reading time:3 mins read

In today’s rapidly evolving private equity landscape, the pressure on sponsors and management to accelerate post-acquisition change has never been greater. With rising asset prices and tightening economic conditions, the cost of delaying the execution of the Value Creation Plan (VCP) is significantly higher. While “cash is still king,” the…

How GenAI Changes Creative Work

1. L. Bourton. “Shades of Intelligence: 83% of Creatives Are Already Using Machine Learning Tools — Is Now the Time to Get on Side With AI?” It’s Nice That, Nov. 15, 2023, www.itsnicethat.com; and K. Whiting, “This Is How AI Is Impacting — and Shaping — the Creative Industries, According…

Attend Microsoft Ignite 2024 and learn to build a security-first culture with AI

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  • Reading time:11 mins read

For security professionals and teams, AI offers a significant advantage, empowering organizations of all sizes and industries to tip the scales in favor of defenders. It also introduces new uncertainties and risks that require organizations to create a culture of security to stay protected. Now, more than ever, is the…

Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work

Remote work is giving companies new opportunities to tap additional markets and talent pools. However, a global workforce also brings a challenge: As some employees are getting up in the morning, others are winding down their workday.“There are many benefits to the individual and the company from embracing work-from-anywhere.” Mismatched…

Investment market update: August 2024

August was a rollercoaster month for investors, with the global stock market experiencing significant volatility. Read on to find out what may have affected your investments. Many market indices saw sharp falls early in August sparked by fears that the US is on track for a recession. However, investors are…

Introducing Season 3 of Learning Through Experience

Welcome to a new season of Learning Through Experience! This season will echo the cadence and pedagogy of one of my popular courses here at Yale. My conversations are with brilliant guests who help us think about how we learn through interpersonal and group dynamics. This podcast is not just…

Digitalizing operations at Airbus: An interview with Delphine Bazaud

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  • Reading time:8 mins read

Aerospace OEMs are under pressure to ramp up production, improve operations, and increase sustainability, but multiple challenges persist. Supply chain issues are particularly acute, and a delay in shipping a single component often creates a domino effect that ripples through the production process. While tackling these problems can be challenging,…

Ania Jastreboff: The Transformative Obesity Drugs

Howie and Harlan are joined by Ania Jastreboff, a Yale endocrinologist and an expert on obesity medication, to talk about the remarkable range of diseases treated by drugs like Ozempic, Mounjaro, and Wegovy. Harlan discusses new Apple devices with the ability to detect sleep apnea and aid in hearing; Howie…

Step Out Of the Lab

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  • Reading time:10 mins read

Back in the early 1980s, plenty was written about the decline of American business on the global stage. One of the main criticisms levelled at US firms was their over-reliance on administrator CEOs. As a famous 1980 HBR article pointed out, these experts in finance and operations were too focused on short…

Council of the Baltic Sea States: Will New Wine Be Poured into Old Skins?

The Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) is an international regional organisation which was created on a wave of romantic fascination with the end of the Cold War. It has gone through several stages of searching for a programmatic and organisational identity. A wonderful chance to decisively address truly…

Three Key Considerations in Crafting Effective Multistate Separation Agreements

  • Post category:Ogletree Deakins
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Quick Hits Crafting effective multistate separation agreements can be challenging for employers amid an increasing number of state-specific requirements and restrictions. Employers may want to consider updating their template release agreements, confirming their agreements state sufficient and proper consideration for employees to release claims, and whether their separation agreements properly…

New AI partnership to invest in data centers and supporting power infrastructure

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  • Reading time:9 mins read

$100 billion investment potential will enhance American competitiveness in AI while meeting the growing need for energy infrastructure to power economic growth NEW YORK, REDMOND, WA, AND ABU DHABI — September 17, 2024 – The drive to develop more powerful AI capabilities will require significant infrastructure investment to support it.…

A new tech-driven era of impactful marketing and sales

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  • Reading time:10 mins read

Marketing is at a pivotal moment, with data and new technology propelling rapid changes and expanding opportunities for growth. The promise is enormous, with the economic value of generative AI (gen AI) potentially reaching $4.4 trillion, with a large percentage of that value set to come from marketing and sales. Amid…

How to Increase your Business’ Profitability

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  • Reading time:12 mins read

Management consultants can directly help businesses enhance profitability. By utilizing expertise and experience, they provide valuable insights and strategic solutions customized to the specific needs of each business. In our latest Insight article, we explore how management consultants contribute to increasing and improving a business’s profitability through various methods. Understanding…

Meet Your New Teammate, AI: Asana’s Saket Srivastava

Topics Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy The Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy initiative explores the growing use of artificial intelligence in the business landscape. The exploration looks specifically at how AI is affecting the development and execution of strategy in organizations. In collaboration with More in this series Get updates…

Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often

CEOs have never had so many ways to communicate with their employees. But despite the availability of Slack, internal newsletters, and virtual town hall meetings, organizations can still go quiet.One of the most common culprits: Major leadership transitions, according to a recent study of 500 million emails and 80 million…

Measuring Onboarding Effectiveness: Key Metrics for Success

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  • Reading time:5 mins read

Having an employee orientation program is a great start. It usually involves getting paperwork signed, introducing new hires around the office, and providing some initial training. But are you truly onboarding your employees? Effective onboarding is more than just a warm welcome—it’s about integrating new hires into your company’s culture…

Is the Appointment of Michel Barnier as Prime Minister the Beginning of an Autocratic and Eurocratic Coup in France?

In France, the July 2024 elections had ensured victory for two political forces opposed to Macron, viz. the Rassemblement National and the Nouveau Front Populaire. But Macron had postponed the choice of a Prime Minister until the post-Olympic period, two months later. Now, in September 2024, he has appointed Michel…

What are Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions?

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  • Reading time:15 mins read

Five smoke stakes line up against a backdrop of a blue sky. A thick cloud of white smoke pours out from one of the stakes.For centuries, philosophers have opined on the nature of control and the challenge of recognizing what’s in one’s power to change. Solving the problem of climate…

Don’t Bet Against the Move to Clean Energy

Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images The transition to an economy with radically lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is not a matter of if but of when and how. Discussions with executive teams about how they are navigating sustainability issues, however, too often remain framed around the question of “Should…

Maine Paid Family and Medical Leave Start Date for Payroll Withholdings and Quarterly Wage Reports Is January 1, 2025

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Quick Hits January 1, 2025, is the start date for payroll withholdings and submission of quarterly wage reports under the Maine Paid Family and Medical Leave Program. Employers may not apply for private plan substitutions until after April 1, 2025, and will be responsible for payroll contributions until their plans…

The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom

As investor pressure mounts on companies to show their environmental impacts, leaders are encountering an unwieldy tangle of terms and approaches. Climate accounting basics and a dictionary of sorts can help demystify the calculations and voluntary targets that companies need to know now, says Michael Toffel, the Senator John Heinz…