THE POWER OF PEOPLE, PLACES & FIRMS
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile the pandemic’s health impacts have fallen mainly on older generations, in many countries it is the young who have proved most vulnerable to its economic impacts. For the young, this has become a crisis not just of health but of opportunity. For more than a year, they have seen job prospects dry up and their learning interrupted.
Reading Time: 4 minutesCountries around the world continue to grapple with the economic and social emergency caused by the pandemic. But looking ahead, this year’s Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) Day—on 27 June—provides an opportunity to embrace SMEs and entrepreneurship as the driving force behind our recovery.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAgainst the backdrop of a global pandemic, many companies are seeking to redefine themselves around both ESG and Corporate Social Purpose. They are taking on a new role as a positive, proactive force in tackling societal challenges, leading the drive to net zero and championing sustainability.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs communities around the world once again retreat into confinement, for many it will no doubt feel like heading in reverse. However, if you peek beneath the bonnet – as the latest OECD report does – we can find much is changing. While the virus rages outside, our economic engine is being remade: with digital drive.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBusinesses, big and small, have to stand up for the COVID generation. Extend a hand to young graduates from the Class of Corona, offer them internships and first jobs, and bet on their future. This crisis has brought an entire generation to a halt. Students and young graduates have classes and exams cancelled…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe globalisation of the world’s economy, jointly with the digitisation and automation of traditional production, has become both an opportunity and a challenge for smaller companies and nations – a particularly “human” one. For small and medium enterprises (SMEs), current employees and work forces would have to learn to operate …