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Sustainable Supply Chains Reduce Environmental Footprint

Tom Spencer

For example, Adidas has launched initiatives to produce shoes from ocean plastic waste , turning a pollutant into a valuable consumer product. Companies are implementing various strategies to minimize waste production, from the design phase, lean manufacturing techniques, to end-of-life management.

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Navigating Generative AI as an Older Worker

Harvard Business

McKinsey’s recent findings suggest that by 2030, 30% of tasks across the U.S. Generative AI has revolutionized the professional landscape. economy might be automated, up from 21% before generative AI. But what does this mean for those senior professionals who have dedicated decades to developing skills in a specific field?

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Protecting Your Workforce from Extreme Heat

Harvard Business

In addition, extreme heat is projected to cause the loss of more than $4 trillion annually in productivity by 2030. The health risks to employees range from exhaustion, cramps, worsening mental health, diabetic complications, and even stroke.

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From Lab to C-Suite: The Future of Life Sciences Consulting

Tom Spencer

It is predicted that AI-powered healthcare will become a $188 billion industry by 2030. Within life sciences consulting, there are a wide range of project types, including product lifecycle management, new product development, market entry strategies, mergers & acquisitions, and regulatory compliance.

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Sustainability: The Growing Importance of ESG Metrics

Tom Spencer

Customer relationship management – Companies are expected to maintain positive customer relationship by investing in things like product safety, user experience, brand values, honest advertising, and data protection. This commitment extends across its entire production process, from sourcing raw materials to the final product assembly.

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How Competition Is Driving AI’s Rapid Adoption

Harvard Business

It finds that AI could (in aggregate and netting out competition effects and transition costs) deliver an additional $13 trillion to global GDP by 2030, averaging about 1.2% It took more than 30 years for electricity to diffuse and enable industrial plant design that could generate significant productivity growth.

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Automation Will Make Lifelong Learning a Necessary Part of Work

Harvard Business

Our research highlights some of those benefits, especially the productivity growth and performance gains that automation and artificial intelligence can bring to the economy — and to society more broadly, if these technologies are used to tackle major issues such as fighting disease and tackling climate change.

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