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When teams adopt paradoxical frames, we hypothesised, they collectively recognise the contradictions inherent in the task at hand, yet understand that the contradictions could feed off each other to the team’s benefit.

Paradox Mindset: The Source of Remarkable Creativity in Teams

By: EBR | Monday, July 25, 2022

Teams are more successful if they embrace internal differences and explore conflicting ideas instead of glossing over them

In many ways, these are analogous to our urban areas, offering town and city planners a blueprint for how to implement their own smart infrastructures.

How smart urban areas can benefit everyone

By: EBR | Friday, July 22, 2022

The promise of our urban areas being transformed into fully smart cities, towns or villages has been a long time coming

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) global tax deal, which will apply from 2023, aims to reduce incentives for avoidance by multinational companies while limiting tax competition – the so-called “race to the bottom” where every country lowers its tax rate to attract businesses to relocate to its jurisdiction.

Why we need to shift towards a destination-based corporate tax system for a fairer world

By: EBR | Thursday, July 21, 2022

More than 130 countries have agreed to set a minimum global corporate tax rate of 15% from 2023, under the OECD’s global tax deal

«Online learning is narrowing gender education gaps and preparing women for in-demand jobs in the digital economy by removing barriers for women learners and improving gender inclusion in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, and connecting women to rising skills and job opportunities.»

3 ways online learning can narrow the higher education and workforce gender gap

By: EBR | Thursday, July 21, 2022

The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2022 estimates it will take women 132 years to reach full parity with men in the workforce

«Associative hyper-search is essentially a general technology that brings new possibilities. It offers another view of the world in real time, like a constant window to what the world is thinking.»

AI Could Reveal a More “Human” Understanding of the World

By: EBR | Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Information search could be made less biased and more holistic through the lens of empathy

According to the World Health Organization, between 1998 and 2017, more than 166,000 people died as a result of heat waves.

Here’s how heat waves can impact economies, as well as people and wildlife

By: EBR | Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Countries across the globe have witnessed record high temperatures in 2022

Shifting from fossil fuels to renewables requires huge amounts of critical metals.

3 circular economy approaches to reduce demand for critical metals

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 19, 2022

We need a clean energy revolution, and we need it now. But this transition from fossil fuels to renewables will need large supplies of critical metals such as cobalt, lithium, nickel, to name a few

"Inflation is higher than expected and has broadened beyond food and energy prices".

Here are 3 main economic priorities for the G20

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 19, 2022

The IMF is set to further downgrade its forecasts for global growth

"The traditional methods of training journalists aren’t able to keep pace with the rapidly evolving digital landscape".

How can journalists keep pace with an evolving digital landscape?

By: EBR | Monday, July 18, 2022

Social media networks are becoming the primary news source, and this trend is accelerating

During that period steep interest rate hikes were made in a bid to help lower inflation.

From stagflation to debt crises: What history tells us

By: EBR | Friday, July 15, 2022

The world economy is facing slowing growth and rising inflation, raising concerns of a return to the stagflation of the 1970s

In the absence of a solar industrial strategy, Europe’s dependence on Chinese crystalline silicon solar supply chains will only deepen.

Solar is ‘freedom energy’ – unless we depend on autocracies for the technology

By: EBR | Friday, July 15, 2022

The production of solar panels is virtually monopolised by China, which makes no secret of its disdain for democratic values

According to the new Wealth Equity Index, women accumulate only 74% of the wealth that men have at retirement.

Measuring wealth: a key step to effectively narrow the gender gap

By: EBR | Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Longstanding global societal and business inequities have disproportionately affected wealth accumulation for women

Long hours and bad workplace experiences are leading workers around the world to feel more stressed and disengaged.

Workplace well-being: Stress increasing since COVID-19 began

By: EBR | Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Employee well-being is stagnating, with COVID-19, long hours and bad workplace experiences all to blame, a new Gallup report says

Phase Down Finance can assist in managing the socio-economic consequences of transition while ensuring Paris-aligned outcomes.

What is ’Phase Down Finance’ and why it’s better than divestment to achieve decarbonization

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Divestment from emitting assets doesn’t necessarily lead to their closure, leaving a gap in low carbon investment strategies

European Commission in May published its REPowerEU plan: a suite of policies intended to end the bloc’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels, while accelerating the green transition. It revolves around diversifying gas supplies, increasing the use of renewables and saving more energy.

How energy efficiency can break Europe’s gas addiction

By: EBR | Monday, July 11, 2022

At the beginning of April, a landmark UN report warned that if we want to avoid environmental catastrophe, it’s a case of acting “now or never”

If global warming is to be kept below 1.5 oC, the world must act now to reduce carbon emissions. Achieving this objective requires substantially lowering fossil fuel use through a clean energy transition.

Why a clean energy transition is also vital to safeguarding liberty

By: EBR | Monday, July 11, 2022

Two global crises have come to a head – climate change and the decline of democracy

Inflationary psychology - consumers buying now in anticipation of rising prices - could entrench an inflationary cycle and push economies into a recession.

What is stagflation and why are central banks concerned about it?

By: EBR | Friday, July 8, 2022

Stagflation is the difficult combination of economic stagnation and inflation, which was last seen in the 1970s

Species are already dying and changing their habitats, and the chances of reversing this damage are nonexistent or uncertain in a quarter of the areas covered by the study.

Biodiversity risks to linger at least a half century after global temperature peaks, study says

By: EBR | Thursday, July 7, 2022

Biodiversity risks are likely to persist for decades, even if global temperatures fall after peaking later this century, a new study finds

Building a pipeline of AI talent and projects requires technical as well as educational merit. For this, AI centres of excellence led by world-renowned scientific advisors are necessary.

How to build the next generation of AI talent

By: EBR | Wednesday, July 6, 2022

The benefits of artificial intelligence as a catalyst for economic growth are distributed unevenly across cities around the world. Consequently, so is its talent

"The US Federal Reserve has been the most aggressive with its interest rate hikes, while the European Central Bank has not yet raised rates".

Interest rate hikes vs inflation: How are different countries doing it?

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Inflation rates are hitting multi-decade highs in some countries, prompting many central banks to increase interest rates

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