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August 27, 2020
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August 27, 2020How company leaders can promote racial justice in the workplace
Embrace four principles to turn today’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives into sustained progress.
August 26, 2020Keeping African goods moving
Obi Ozor, the founder of Kobo360, a data-driven logistics startup based in Nigeria, explains how COVID-19 is accelerating digitization, which in turn is improving food security in Africa.
August 19, 2020What if every job seeker got a living-wage job?
Economist Pavlina R. Tcherneva demolishes the idea that there is an optimal rate of unemployment and makes a timely case for a national job guarantee.
s+b BlogsAugust 18, 2020A new measure of success for sporting superstars: Social impact
Embracing a sense of purpose, speaking up, and forcing change off the field are now the goals for players and their organizations.
August 11, 2020The sinking fortunes of the shipping box
In his new book, journalist and historian Marc Levinson describes the limits of long supply chains and the ways in which new trade routes are forming.
July 28, 2020The evolution of women’s leadership
Understanding how female leaders have developed over time can help us embrace the potential for their future advancement.
June 30, 2020Career advice for a changing world
Four groups of people are most at risk from the pandemic’s economic effects, and each will have to chart a new course to achieve success.
June 10, 2020A lesson in creating successful companies that care
The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting how altruistic businesses adapt, remain flexible, and survive.
s+b BlogsJune 8, 2020Sports, health, and cash flow: A delicate balance ahead
How teams and leagues are finding ways to respond to the challenges of COVID-19.
June 5, 2020The environmental opportunity created by COVID-19
On World Environment Day, we look at six ways businesses can help avert rapid nature loss and tackle climate change.
May 20, 2020The hidden value in getting compliance right
In times of crisis and recovery, a strategic approach to compliance can build trust and create value for customers, stakeholders, and society at large.
May 20, 2020Five attributes to transform your compliance strategy
Organizations that shift compliance from a cost of doing business to a position of strategic value can generate significant competitive and cost advantage, and build trust. For more insight, see www.pwc.com/compliance-transformed.
s+b BlogsMay 15, 2020As India advances, women’s workforce participation plummets
Many Indian women have stopped working, even though India’s GDP has grown. As COVID-19 brings the economy to a halt, India must critically examine its policies through a gender lens.
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s+b BlogsApril 27, 2020Tales of the original Industrial Revolution
Elizabeth Gaskell’s Victorian-era novel North and South has a great deal to teach us about the enduring tensions between progress and prosperity, industry and labor, and rural and urban life.
s+b BlogsApril 22, 2020Climate change risks and shareholder activism
It isn’t mandatory for U.S. firms to report potential environmental risks, but shareholders increasingly seek the information.
s+b BlogsApril 13, 2020COVID-19 could shift our economic focus from growth to distribution
Business is helping reshape how we live, work, consume, and connect in ways that could outlast the current crisis.
s+b BlogsMarch 30, 2020Business lessons from Albert Camus
The novelist’s 1947 book, The Plague, highlights the importance of shared purpose and belonging in the face of uncertainty.
s+b BlogsMarch 26, 2020Transformation requires trust
As a reform effort in Ethiopia shows, shifts in who wields control and how things work can create power struggles and apprehension, but the effects can be limited if leaders model trust.
s+b BlogsMarch 25, 2020Navigating your COVID-19 response
PwC’s new digital assessment tool, the COVID-19 Navigator, can help leaders understand the potential impact of the novel coronavirus on their business.
March 19, 2020What CFOs think about the economic impact of COVID-19
A new, biweekly PwC survey tracks the priorities emerging among companies’ financial leaders.
March 12, 2020Six keys to unlocking upskilling at scale
Research suggests that with the right mind-set, technological literacy, and community engagement, you can shepherd your entire workforce into the digital future.
March 10, 2020The long history of the con
In Don’t Fall for It, Ben Carlson delves into the psychology of why some people commit fraud — and why others become victims of it.
s+b BlogsMarch 6, 2020Seven key actions business can take to mitigate the effects of COVID-19
In the face of a global crisis, well-prepared businesses can help protect their workers and their bottom lines.
s+b BlogsMarch 4, 2020Four different ways of knowing
Understanding the world around you can be difficult if you’re constrained by traditional thinking. New approaches to knowledge can help.
February 19, 2020Taking over a dynasty in a time of uncertainty and change
John Riady, the CEO of Indonesia’s Lippo Karawaci, is a young business leader with an eye for the future of his company and his region.
February 18, 2020The evolution of trust
In his new book, Not Born Yesterday, Hugo Mercier argues that humans are wired to see through misinformation and lies.
February 13, 2020Japan is loosening corporate governance constraints
Efforts to dismantle cross-held shares and improve board oversight are succeeding amid heightened interest from private equity and activist investors.
February 12, 2020Seeking the future’s supply chain
Li & Fung CEO Spencer Fung has explicitly championed a digital transformation of one of the world’s most influential supply chain solutions platforms.
February 10, 2020The upside of slow growth
In the new book Fully Grown, economist Dietrich Vollrath argues that the recent spell of moderate growth in the U.S. is a sign of success.
January 9, 2020The case for change: New world. New skills.
Preparing the workforce of the future will require billions of dollars. But the cost of inaction will be even higher.
s+b BlogsJanuary 2, 2020Walk your way to transformation
At work and beyond, strolling and chatting with someone you think you don’t have much in common with can help you make progress on your toughest challenges.
s+b BlogsDecember 19, 2019AI in the announcer’s booth
Artificial intelligence could soon deliver sports commentary customized to a viewer’s preferences. And if robots can learn to do this sort of talking, the applications could be far-reaching.
s+b BlogsDecember 16, 2019Gain trust and project order in turbulent times
Leaders must understand four trends, and how they interact, to navigate uncertainty.
s+b BlogsDecember 10, 2019What Avengers: Infinity War can teach us about business
The movie shows that diverse individuals can work together to overcome extraordinarily daunting challenges.
November 25, 2019Business could steer India and the world out of troubled waters
Amid alarming scarcity, some companies are going beyond incremental improvements to change how water is used and managed.
November 13, 2019What’s your story?
In his new book, Nobel-winning economist Robert J. Shiller emphasizes the importance of narratives.
October 30, 2019Preparing for a shake-up in global finance
Large companies are probably ready for the obvious effects of the impending shift away from LIBOR, but hazards could be lurking in unexpected places.
October 21, 2019India’s new unicorns
The world’s largest democracy is becoming a seedbed for billion-dollar startups.
s+b BlogsOctober 11, 2019Us vs. them: Another way is possible
Whether in the boardroom or the halls of government, we can achieve more peaceful and productive ways of working.
s+b BlogsOctober 9, 2019The new behavioral science of risk taking in business
Understanding people’s tolerance for and approach to risk can help companies build teams and improve decision making.
October 7, 2019Growth strategies for an uncertain world
Internationalization can help businesses rethink their global footprint and governments attract trade and enterprise.
s+b BlogsOctober 1, 2019The living lessons of Dead Souls
The classic Nikolai Gogol satire from 1842 provides keen insight into the endurance of charismatic financial hustlers.
September 25, 2019A guide to workforce transformation
How to raise the skills of your employees so that they can move successfully into the future. For further insights, read “10 principles of workforce transformation.”
September 25, 201910 principles of workforce transformation
How to raise the skills of your employees to meet your digital challenges. See also “A guide to workforce transformation.”
September 20, 2019Pressure points
In his new book, Transaction Man, journalist Nicholas Lemann describes the evolution — and failure — of competing attempts to manage the power of corporations.
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