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How to set boundaries at work – with examples

Halo Psych

Material boundary How, when, or if you use your own property or finances for work. For the individual, the body produces more of the stress hormone cortisol when we’re repeatedly interrupted at work (Kerr et al, 2020). The more stressed we become, the harder it is to think clearly, make good decisions, and be productive.

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From Vaults to Virtual: The Rise of Blockchain in Banking

Tom Spencer

In October 2020, HSBC launched theContour platform, which uses blockchain to digitize trade finance and reduce friction in international trade transactions. Zuhair Imaduddin is a Senior Product Manager at Wells Fargo. He previously worked at JPMorgan Chase and graduated from Cornell University.

Banking 88
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How Companies Are Already Using AI

Harvard Business

My own firm released a survey recently of 835 large companies (with an average revenue of $20 billion) that predicts a net job loss of between 4% and 7% in key business functions by the year 2020 due to AI. What about the automation of the production line? And it wasn’t just to detect a hacker’s moves in the data center.

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Conversation with 2020 Delivery

Tom Spencer

2020 Delivery is a management consultancy committed to improving public services and bringing about lasting change within public sector organisations. I recently had the good fortune to talk briefly with Mike Meredith who is a Director at 2020 Delivery, and leads the firm’s people development function. We don’t have a New York office.

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2020 – The Year in Review

Chad Barr

family, business, finance, travel…) that ground you and make your journey meaningful, rewarding and impactful. Choose to balance your available hours, making each one count to be as productive and creative as possible while still enjoying the things that life has provided that brings you personal joy. Have you identified it?

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How Leading Companies Build the Workforces They Need to Stay Ahead

Harvard Business

The World Economic Forum predicts that “by 2020, more than a third of the desired core skill sets of most occupations will be comprised of skills that are not yet considered crucial to the job today.” But new sources of crop, weather, and other data have created new opportunities to boost farm productivity.

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Japan's Current Account Surplus Collapses

MishTalk

trillion surplus registered a year earlier, data from the Ministry of Finance showed Monday. A country that builds up liabilities with foreign creditors through chronic current account deficits could face funding problems if investors decide to withdraw their financing. billion ($7.76

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