Pandemic Preparedness and Response
5 lessons the pandemic taught us about ending homelessness
Lockdowns enabled governments to treat homelessness as a public health emergency. Now a new report details how we can end homelessness in the long term.
Global Issue
Industry
Economy
4th Industrial Revolution
Global Issue
Industry
Economy
4th Industrial Revolution
Society & Future of Work
Workforce and Employment
How to have more successful conversations
Professor Maurice Schweitzer has developed a framework to help improve people's conversations by understanding the objective of the participant.
Society & Future of Work
Here's why workplace rituals are key to happy - and productive - companies
Workplace rituals - even apparently meaningless ones - help employees bond and make them go the extra mile for their company, according to new research.
Society & Future of Work
There is great value in giving feedback, and research shows that people want to hear it
We may be reluctant to provide feedback because we don’t realise how valuable it can be to the person receiving it. A new study investigated this idea.
COVID-19
8 ways women will re-shape the post-COVID-19 world
Women were hit hard by COVID-19 and have had to adapt. A survey indicating eight new personas show they have new priorities, skills and social vigour.
Workforce and Employment
The truth about the ‘great resignation’
New data on the great resignation: People mainly resigned to move into new jobs in the same occupation, rather than leave the labour force or pursue different careers
Gender Inequality
This is how female representation is rising across the film industry
The MeToo movement helped increase awareness of gender inequality in Hollywood, but new research reveals that women still make up a small percentage of the industry.
Canada
New childcare legislation secured in Canada after COVID-19 highlights need for change
The Canadian government is creating a national daycare system in Ontario, and cut fees in the province by 50%, after COVID-19 highlighted the need for affordable childcare.
Society & Future of Work
How To Better Understand Inflation With Economist Paul Donovan
Climate Change
These five short walks can motivate us to protect the wider environment
With the constant reminder of climate change, it can make us feel individually powerless. An expert explains how psychogeography can help change this.
Society & Future of Work
There are hidden costs to creating incentives for later retirement. Experts explain
Countries continue to make revisions to their pension systems in order to restore fiscal sustainability. Researchers investigate how these changes effect welfare.
Energy
How many jobs could the clean energy transition create?
The clean energy transition is expected to create 10.3 million net new jobs by 2030. That will offset the 2.7 million expected to be lost in fossil fuels.
Gender Inequality
Meet the women entrepreneurs who are breaking down ‘glass walls’
Women entrepreneurs are breaking barriers by increasingly entering occupations traditionally dominated by men, helping economies recover after COVID-19.
Workforce and Employment
Are you more productive working from home? This study looks for answers
The pandemic fuelled a huge increase in home working. Using Japan as a case study, researchers look at how this might shape the future of work.
Workforce and Employment
What happens when employees choose their own work?
Self-selection-based division of labour means employees choose the work that they do. Proponents say that it improves motivation and performance.
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