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Category: Decent work and economic growth

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

Digital growth depends more on business models than technology

December 19, 2018

More than 20 companies launched in 2009, including Uber, Slack, Pinterest, and Blue Apron, all eventually achieved $1 billion-plus valuations. Given that those companies were all venture-financed and emerged from Silicon Valley, you might assume that the key ingredients that have ensured their success were cutting-edge technologies, digital platforms, and customer bases that were chiefly made up of digital natives.

You would be wrong.

What are Millennials’ attitudes to work in 2018?

May 20, 2018

Geopolitical and social concerns have given rise to a new wave of business activism, and millennials and Gen Z are sounding the alarm, according to Deloitte’s seventh annual Millennial Survey.

Creating a purpose-driven organisation

July 17, 2018

A higher purpose is not about economic exchanges. It reflects something more aspirational. It explains how the people involved with an organization are making a difference, gives them a sense of meaning, and draws their support.

When organisations embrace purpose, it’s often because a crisis forces leaders to challenge their assumptions about motivation and performance and to experiment with new approaches. Robert E. Quinn and Anjan V. Thakor have developed a framework to help build a purpose-driven organization. It enables you to overcome the largest barrier to embracing purpose—the cynical “transactional” view of employee motivation—by following eight essential steps.

Arbejdsglæde / Happiness at work

July 12, 2014

Denmark is often listed as the happiest country on the planet and its workplaces are amongst the happiest places.

Currently reading

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    World Wide Waste - How digital is killing our planet—And what we can do about it

    Gerry McGovern

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    Sustainable Web Design (A Book Apart #34)

    Tom Greenwood

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    Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit

    Alex Edmans

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    The Power of Ethics: How to Make Good Choices in a Complicated World

    Susan Liautaud

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    Open: How We’ll Work, Live and Learn In The Future

    David Price

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    How Will You Measure Your Life?

    Clayton M. Christensen