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While a general lack of trust in the mainstream media might not be surprising, the data also reveals that, for the first time, there has been a decline in public trust of NGOs. In the US, China, Japan, Germany and the UK, trust in NGOs fell below 50%.

Three quarters of people think the system is rigged against them

By: EBR | Friday, August 25, 2017

The 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer found what it described as “an implosion of confidence” around the world

The overall amount of money in circulation shall be kept at bay by a negative interest rate. The underlying idea is to take money out of the system that is not being used, because it is desirable for the economy and society that money is being invested.

Upgrading today’s capitalism

By: EBR | Thursday, August 24, 2017

Capitalism in its current form is neither fair nor sustainable

Is it possible to overcome an aversion to networking? According to Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, everything boils down to having the right attitude. People who believe that certain talents are inherited avoid situations where those talents are challenged. For example, people who believe that singing skills are genetic avoid singing, and do not develop the talent. The opposite way of thinking is that the ability to do something is like a muscle that develops with training. In the words of Dweck, some people have a “growth mindset” while others have a fixed mindset.

Humans are hard-wired to hate networking

By: EBR | Wednesday, August 23, 2017

If you loathe the awkwardness and insincerity of networking, you’re not alone. But it needn’t be that way

The upside of all this for organisations, according to the Petriglieris, is that every portable self bears the indelible stamp of its birthplace. The depth of graduates’ psychic connection to institutions such as Blue belies the brevity of their tenure there. The Petriglieris call this “loyalty without membership”, an intangible tie that can yield concrete benefits. Think of the professional services firms that rely heavily on referrals from ex-employees, or research showing that staying in contact with former members makes organisations more innovative.

Today’s leaders require a new sense of self

By: EBR | Wednesday, August 23, 2017

What career transformation really means in a world with few if any guarantees

Fundamental change is inevitable. It seems that what needs to take center stage now is not how much money or power someone can accumulate, but how much he or she is benefitting others and the world. Apparently, our societies have largely lost track of this basic guiding principle.

The moral duty of the elites

By: EBR | Monday, August 21, 2017

It is the moral duty of the elite to avert global disaster

Four dangerous assumptions about human trafficking

By: EBR | Friday, August 18, 2017

We should be more realistic about how we identify and tackle the problem of human exploitation

Artificial Intelligence will transform universities

By: EBR | Thursday, August 17, 2017

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a technology whose time has come

German political update: Merkel’s choice

By: EBR | Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Angela Merkel looks set for a comfortable win in next month’s German elections

How to make democracy work in the digital age

By: EBR | Monday, August 7, 2017

Digital democracy has the ultimate benefit that it supports society’s historical achievements

The top five soft power contenders have remained the same since the analysis was first published two years ago, but their order has changed. Germany, which has dealt with major issues including terrorist attacks and a wave of immigration, has fallen one place in this year’s index despite an improved overall score and widespread confidence in Chancellor Angela Merkel.

France becomes the world No 1 for soft power

By: EBR | Friday, August 4, 2017

France is the most powerful nation in the world. At least, it is when it comes to a certain type of power.

Board members usually have not discussed cyber risk with the management team. It is extremely important to have a dedicated discussion that ends with consensus and commitment. The conversation should go beyond the obvious. For example, leaders at manufacturing firms should consider all possible ramifications of supply chain interruptions and communication lapses. After the initial conversation, reassessments should take place on a semi-regular basis.

Cybersecurity: The role of the board

By: EBR | Friday, August 4, 2017

A three-step process for board directors to start improving cyber-oversight

Germany’s fears that the sanctions could affect European companies involved with Russia have barely registered in the US media’s coverage. Neither has the prospect of countermeasures by member state governments and the European Commission.

Will Germany be drawn into a trade war?

By: EBR | Friday, August 4, 2017

Washington’s decision to impose more sanctions on Moscow has been criticised by EU member states, particularly Germany

Companies contribute to this work through sectoral skills bodies and by using their supply chains to raise skill levels. Civil society agencies engage under-represented communities. Educational institutions offer improved work placements and refine the curricula to meet local needs. In this way, a wider learning culture can emerge in which risk and creativity are supported, and exclusion and inequality are addressed.

Lifelong learning helps people, governments and business. Why don’t we do more of it?

By: EBR | Thursday, August 3, 2017

Learning throughout life makes sense. Research shows it is good for your health, your wealth, your civic engagement and your family’s future prospects. It prolongs your independent life and enriches your quality of life

Switzerland’s Federal Constitution was completely changed in 1874. The importance of the cantons was lessened in favour of the country’s central administration. People moving between cantons were given full voting rights after three months, which was beneficial to those moving from rural areas to big cities at the time, and referendums at a federal level were introduced. The revision of the constitution had to be voted on too, of course, and was approved with 63% of the vote.

This is how Switzerland’s direct democracy works

By: EBR | Thursday, August 3, 2017

More than its snow-capped mountains and nifty, collapsible army knives, Switzerland is perhaps best known for its system of democracy

Sadly, women in historically masculine professions are not yet judged by gender-neutral standards (e.g. performance, self-confidence). Often, their excellence will be recognized only after they appease gender stereotypes. For these women, at least, “Believe in yourself” is advice that addresses only one facet of the challenge they face – and is thus insufficient.

Women must exhibit their feminine behaviour to break the glass ceiling

By: EBR | Thursday, August 3, 2017

Ensuring gender equality in the workplace starts with women showing “feminine” behaviours and boosting their self-confidence

The fund of funds was not named for compliance reasons, but its research showed that, had the 50 companies been a VC portfolio, it would have been the second-best-performing fund of all time. Only one fund has ever chosen better, which did most of its investments in the late 1990s and rode the dotcom bubble successfully. Of course, in this hypothetical portfolio, one could choose any company, whereas VCs often need to compete to invest.

A computer was asked to predict which start-ups would be successful. The results were astonishing

By: EBR | Friday, July 28, 2017

In 2009, Ira Sager of Businessweek magazine set a challenge for Quid AI's CEO Bob Goodson: programme a computer to pick 50 unheard of companies that are set to rock the world

To be sure, not all companies use data against their customers. When a 2015 Harvard Business School study, and subsequent review by Airbnb, uncovered routine bias against black and ethnic minority renters using the home-sharing platform, Airbnb executives took steps to clamp down on the problem. But Airbnb could have avoided the need for the study and its review altogether, because a really smart application of AI algorithms to the platform’s data could have picked up the discrimination much earlier and perhaps also have suggested ways of preventing it. This approach would exploit technology to support better decision-making humans, rather than displace humans as decision-makers.

Rage against the machines: is AI-powered government worth it?

By: EBR | Friday, July 28, 2017

From the Australian government’s new “data-driven profiling” trial for drug testing welfare recipients, to US law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology and the deployment of proprietary software in sentencing in many US courts..

Research into self-organizing systems has produced software that can manage complex operational problems in energy infrastructure. Air Liquide, for example, has a unique system in its US operations that improves its gas transportation efficiency. It uses a software system that is based on the foraging behaviour of Argentine ants, which use pheromones to communicate which foraging routes are the strongest.

Can blockchain help us to solve climate change?

By: EBR | Monday, July 24, 2017

We humans are a swarm. The increasing harmonization of our habits and behaviours has an enormous impact on the environment. How we shop, work, eat and sleep affects the kind of infrastructure we need in homes, cities and countries

Thousands of Greeks contacted me looking for information on the necessary procedures to leave Greece to work abroad. Unemployed people from all over the country, of all ages, from 16 to 60-plus from all educational backgrounds - doctors, lawyers, PhD candidates (who are not paid for their work in Greece), biologists, engineers, amongst others -make up a list that keeps growing by the day.

No right to dream: The on-going journey of a young journalist through thousands messages of Greek despair

By: EBR | Thursday, July 20, 2017

My interview with Alexei Leonov, the first man to walk in Space, plus the fact that I moved abroad to escape the Greek crisis, enduring many difficulties to make my dreams come true, were the reasons for being interviewed by the TV presenter, Fei Mavragani in one of Greece’s most popular TV shows

n a food system that uses 70% of the world’s fresh water and makes up almost a quarter of global carbon emissions, sustainability can be increased through new approaches, such as drone-enabled artificial intelligence linked to mobile apps, and traditional ones, such as using insects for protein. And in a world where half the population is hungry, overweight or micronutrient deficient, better nutrition might be achieved through pioneering research on the human microbiome or simply by scaling up nutrient fortification.

Tech for dinner: how our food is changing as fast as our iPhones

By: EBR | Thursday, July 20, 2017

A decade ago, the tech giant Apple released the first iPhone. Picture your life before then. Did you keep your personal calendar in a book? Did you pull the car over and unfold a map when you got lost?

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