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One effective approach to preventing miscommunication is by having a “culture of feedback”. This is a work environment in which constructive feedback happens often and frequently, and not just during performance reviews.

Why remote working doesn’t have to mean alienated employees

By: EBR | Thursday, April 16, 2020

Many of us are now living in the largest distributed workforce experiment ever, with millions of employees around the world becoming remote workers practically overnight

“If people are being expected to act, they need to be guided and supported and businesses have an amazing capacity through their brands, and their links with customers to connect with people and to support them as they are forming solidarity groups in their communities.”

COVID-19: What Every Business Can Do to Help

By: EBR | Tuesday, April 14, 2020

How large corporations, SMEs and society can work together during this time of crisis

Top start-ups may be a critical resource for recovery, providing quick solutions where they’re needed most.

How Corporates Can Leverage Start-ups Against COVID-19

By: EBR | Tuesday, April 14, 2020

The coronavirus outbreak has led to massive disruptions in all industries, with travel, hospitality and automakers among the hardest hit

When the scale of COVID-19 became clear, good boards conducted candid and comprehensive discussions about whether the incumbent CEO and other senior executives were fit to lead the organisation through the unprecedented crisis.

Seven Questions for Corporate Boards Navigating COVID-19

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 8, 2020

A guide to steering companies effectively through the crisis and beyond

Survey reveals that in the transition to remote working, the technology is fine but the organisation needs help.

What Newly Remote Teams Need, Right Now

By: EBR | Friday, April 3, 2020

Most remote working prior to the COVID-19 pandemic was either a perk for a lucky few, or a peculiarity – something that call centres and a few tech start-ups could offer to all their employees

Even for long-established teams, moving from physical to virtual is a game-changer.

The Three Main Challenges of Remote Working

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 31, 2020

COVID-19 has forced us to adopt large-scale remote working with far less preparatory time than any of us would expect or want

Within the EU, we have already seen the ECB launch a new Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme representing over 7% of GDP, a €37 billion “Corona Response Investment Initiative” from the European Commission, and liquidity support schemes by member states covering up to 13% of euro area GDP, according to the Eurogroup.

Support for business to ensure this economic crisis is short-lived

By: EBR | Thursday, March 26, 2020

Even by the standards of the 2008 financial crisis, the economic policy response by governments and central banks across the globe to the present crisis has been rapid and dramatic

Emissions reductions caused by economic downturns tend to be temporary — and can lead to emissions growth as economies attempt to get back on track. After the global financial crisis of 2008, for example, global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion and cement production grew 5.9% in 2010, more than offsetting the 1.4% decrease in 2009.

Can low-carbon investments help economies recover from coronavirus?

By: EBR | Friday, March 20, 2020

COVID-19 is having a big affect on the global economy, but green investment could help

Too many starving or obese people around the world combined with often wasteful food production without regard for climate considerations all add up to a food system that “serves neither the people nor the planet”. Aligning business models to improve nutrition and provide sustainable food systems, using artificial intelligence (AI), is one option.

Collaboration Unlocks Global Health Solutions

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Business is a force for good in global healthcare when partnered with academia and non-profits

In the stampede to build an AI strategy, executives fall into four main traps.

What Companies Tend to Get Wrong About AI

By: EBR | Monday, March 16, 2020

It’s almost impossible to pick up a trade journal, hear a start-up pitch or listen to a quarterly earnings call without hearing the two magic letters: AI

The intercontinental spread of a novel coronavirus in recent weeks has many businesses rushing to cloud computing, particularly work-from-home software. It is spreading thin IT consultancies that install those systems, such as Merlini’s 35-person shop, beSharp near Milan, and is also spawning extraordinary measures at the data centers that make up the “cloud.”

Working from home because of coronavirus and the impact on cloud firms

By: EBR | Monday, March 16, 2020

The spread of coronavirus has meant many businesses are rushing to cloud computing

Ecosystems have declined in size and condition by 47% globally compared to estimated baselines, and species populations have faced stark declines.

The hidden risks nature loss poses for businesses

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 4, 2020

As this past year’s news headlines have made all too clear, nature is in a state of emergency

An increasing number of companies are revising their policies and practices, including those relating to diversity and inclusion, human resources and accessibility, so that people with disabilities have better access to employment opportunities.

Getting people with disabilities into work requires data

By: EBR | Wednesday, February 19, 2020

People with disabilities – estimated to be about 15% of the world population – constitute a largely untapped pool of talent in the labour market. And they face a high risk of being marginalized further as the world of work undergoes rapid transformations, including technological developments, climate change and demographic shifts

The workplace is rapidly becoming a more flexible construct. In the UK, for example, more than 1.5 million people work from home full-time, nearly twice as many as ten years ago.

Are Offices Obsolete?

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 18, 2020

The COVID-19 epidemic has highlighted the vulnerabilities of the traditional physically co-located office, forcing many Asian companies to work remotely. However, a small but growing number of tech companies are intendedly going “all-remote”. They may well be harbingers of the future of work

American companies are watching warily as the United States considers restricting export licenses for companies that sell products or share intellectual property with China, including General Electric, which sells aircraft parts to China as part of a joint venture with Safran, a French firm.

Trump Effort to Keep U.S. Tech Out of China Alarms American Firms

By: EBR | Monday, February 17, 2020

The administration wants to protect national security by restricting the flow of technology to China. But technology companies worry it could undermine them instead

In life as in business, if we want to understand – let alone change – behaviour, we first must excavate the mental models that drive it.

Discovering the Hidden Drivers of Decision Making

By: EBR | Friday, February 14, 2020

A time-tested technique from academic research can help practitioners better understand their stakeholders

The rise of HR can be traced back to the dawn of the industrial age, and the reason behind its creation is also at the very core of what renders it obsolete today.

It’s time to disrupt Human Resources if we want talent fit for the digital age

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 11, 2020

The worst thing we ever did in corporate America was to take the most vital part of any company - the people powering it - and label it so dismissively as “human resources.”

It is time to move beyond the debate between “win-win” and “trade-offs”. The right avenue for achieving social impact depends on the setting.

The Force for Good Spectrum: Using Business as a Tool

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 11, 2020

The new generation of business leaders is more keen than ever to employ its skills not just for making money but also for making progress on critical issues like climate change and inequality

More and more women are taking their careers into their own hands – 40% of US businesses are women-owned and the number of female entrepreneurs has skyrocketed by 114% in the last two decades.

5 ways companies can progress more women into leadership roles

By: EBR | Thursday, February 6, 2020

Gender equality and getting more women into leadership roles are trending topics

The introduction of ATMs surprisingly increased employment, but the traditional job changed and new roles evolved, which were customer-facing and involved skills as sales and customer service representatives.

How to accelerate digital literacy in the enterprise world

By: EBR | Thursday, February 6, 2020

The impact of automation on the workforce is stark: 59% of Germans will see their employment affected and 47% of current employment in the US is at high risk of computerization through the emergence of artificial intelligence

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EU Actually

Far-left and far-right gains throw French mainstream parties into a quandary

By: N. Peter Kramer

In many big towns and cities, Socialists and centre-right Republicans are tempted to make electoral pacts on their outside flanks to beat the opposition in next Sunday’s run off of the French mayoral elections.

Europe

EU and the Arab Gulf Must Come Together

The war in Iran proves the United States is now a destabilizing actor for Europe and the Arab Gulf. From protect their economies and energy supplies to safeguarding their territorial integrity, both regions have much to gain from forming a new kind of partnership together.

Business

EU risks losing US soy imports under deforestation rules, Washington warns

The regulation would make the bloc less attractive for American exporters, a senior USDA official said