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Flexibility, adaptability, resilience and mindfulness are the driving forces behind the dominant prevailing consumer trends that will enable retailers to make the big leap and come out of the current crisis.

Redefining the nature of work in the new digital environment

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 1, 2022

The fourth industrial revolution undoubtedly marks a new era

How should entrepreneurs use their existing personal networks to increase their chances of accessing a targeted investor?

A Foot in the Door: Strategies to Connect With Investors

By: EBR | Monday, February 28, 2022

Even modestly connected entrepreneurs are six times more likely to succeed in accessing early-stage investors – if they push the right buttons

42% of all women and 35% of men in a study reported being burnt out - and it rises for mothers and fathers.

3 ways companies can promote equity at home and ease burnout

By: EBR | Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Companies and managers should step up to help employees navigate a fairer division of labor at home, according to research from McKinsey

The dynamics of today’s labour market are shifting as employees adopt new priorities and reinvent the how, why and where of working life.

What do employees want most from their work life in 2022?

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 22, 2022

The growth of remote working is causing many employees to rethink how they approach their work day

With more than 3 billion people in the workforce worldwide, employers have a significant role in advancing diversity, equity and inclusion.

3 ways to advance corporate diversity, equity and inclusion

By: EBR | Thursday, February 17, 2022

Experience is showing that virtual diversity networks cannot replace meeting colleagues in person

Learning to unlearn is one way to work with change effectively.

Why learning to unlearn prepares us for transformative change

By: EBR | Thursday, February 17, 2022

Technological and transformative change is accelerating rapidly since the COVID-19 pandemic

The era of the passion economy and side hustles is here.

How the passion economy is shaping the future of work

By: EBR | Wednesday, February 16, 2022

The world lost more than 400 million full-time jobs due to the pandemic, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO)

The typical response to “What is the fundamental value of a company?” is obtained through a present value approach.

Where a Firm’s Value Truly Lies

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 15, 2022

A new approach to uncovering the sum of all the parts of a modern firm

Graduates who accept job offers later in the game see the gender pay gap narrow to 10%.

Gender pay gap: Why attitudes to risk could be making it worse

By: EBR | Monday, February 14, 2022

Men, notoriously, outearn women in similar jobs, with multiple inequalities leaving women in Greater Boston earning 70 cents to every dollar earned by male counterparts

Traceability, including through RFID tags, can be crucial to the success of circular business models

How to build a circular business model that works

By: EBR | Friday, February 11, 2022

Circularity – finding ways to put products, components, and materials back into the supply chain rather than ending up in landfills after their first use – has become a strategic business imperative

We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink and reshape everything about how we work.

How the digital HQ is changing work, for the better

By: EBR | Thursday, February 10, 2022

Channel-based messaging proved a solution to many office challenges pre-pandemic – from siloes and security issues to productivity and a feeling of belonging at work

The researchers noticed a small difference in attitudes to work between countries, with some nations having more of certain types of worker than others.

There are 6 types of worker, this study says. Which one are you?

By: EBR | Thursday, February 10, 2022

Choose a job you love, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life, or so the saying goes

The degree of specialisation is the deciding factor.

Should Employees Be Allowed to Choose What They Want to Do?

By: EBR | Monday, February 7, 2022

As far as workplace trends go, several topics have dominated popular attention and discussion, from workspace design, digitalisation, Agile methodology, to the pandemic favourite of remote working

«The convergence of metrics for ESG and sustainability will help organisations to firmly commit to these factors and embed them within their business strategy.»

Six Global Trends in Business and Society

By: EBR | Friday, February 4, 2022

People want business to engage more – not less – with societal problems. That’s according to the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer, which presents findings from a survey of 36,000 people in 28 countries

Wanting to be right can result in being less effective.

Want to be more effective at work? Stop trying to be right

By: EBR | Friday, February 4, 2022

Wanting to be right in the workplace - and beyond - can actually hinder progress, says this engineering director

Four-day work week: measuring performance on output, not time.

Some companies are trialling a four-day work week. Here’s what they discovered

By: EBR | Monday, January 31, 2022

A six-month pilot of the four-day work week is starting across 30 UK companies

Business risks include future pandemics and cyberattacks.

What are the biggest business risks of 2022? Experts explain

By: EBR | Wednesday, January 26, 2022

A new survey by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty asked 2,650 risk management experts the biggest business risks for 2022

Labour markets around the world were already going through significant transformations when COVID-19 hit.

5 forces driving the new world of work

By: EBR | Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Labour markets around the world were already going through significant transformations when COVID-19 hit two years ago

Mirroring your counterpart, negotiating across cultures, and building relationships are all essential.

What is tactical empathy and how can it help in negotiations at work?

By: EBR | Thursday, January 13, 2022

Tactical empathy - “intentionally using concepts from neuroscience to influence emotions” - can be used as a core stratagem in navigating any type of friction