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Technology Is Changing Transportation, and Cities Should Adapt

Harvard Business

McKinsey and Bloomberg New Energy Finance have estimated that in 50 metropolitan areas worldwide, a rapid transition to advanced mobility systems could yield $600 billion in societal benefits through 2030. billion per year by 2030. The shift to next-generation mobility systems, however, won’t be easy for cities to manage.

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Study Says by 2030 1/4th of Miles Driven will be Driverless

MishTalk

The report concludes By 2030, 25% of Miles Driven in US Could Be in Shared Self-Driving Electric Cars. BCG’s conservative estimate is that 23% to 26% of miles driven in the United States, or about 800 billion to 925 billion miles, could be traveled in SAEVs by 2030. BCG estimates that in 2030, a total of 4.7 Consider suburbia.

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Sustainability: The Growing Importance of ESG Metrics

Tom Spencer

Key areas include: Labor practices – Companies are expected to invest in training and development, promote health and safety, pay a fair wage, and ensure favourable workplace conditions. Social Metrics: These focus on a company’s relationship with employees, customers, suppliers, and the broader community.

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Saudi Arabia’s Labor Market Challenge

Harvard Business

.” The reform comes as part of a new long-term economic strategy, dubbed Vision 2030 , and its national transformation plan aimed at weaning the Saudi economy off its addiction to oil, helping Saudi Arabia stay competitive in a low-oil-price world. Human resource recruitment and management in the private sector is another variable.

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The False Choice Between Automation and Jobs

Harvard Business

New research by the McKinsey Global institute suggests that roughly 15% of the global workforce could be displaced by 2030 in a midpoint scenario, but that the jobs likely created will make up for those lost. Three other priorities stand out: First, a much sharper focus on skills and training. The Economy in 2018.

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Inane Step in Wrong Direction: Germany Plans to Lower Retirement Age for Some Workers From 65 to 63

MishTalk

Warning that the eurozone’s largest economy faces a skills shortage, the EU energy commissioner said that politicians should start to talk instead about a retirement age of 70 and help equip people with professional training for a longer working life. The official age of retirement in Germany is in the process of being raised from 65 to 67.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

Earlier this year, McKinsey predicted that one quarter of the American workforce will lose their jobs to automation by 2030. But as always the case with new technology, a large amount of jobs will be either exported or eliminated altogether.