While the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are not legally binding, governments are expected to own and establish national frameworks to achieve the 17 Goals by 2030. Coupled with this, private-sector enthusiasm for the SDGs is strong and growing and we see more and more companies translating interest into actions. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) […]
Last week the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed $100 million towards the fight against coronavirus, though Gates has also warned the spread of the virus could be “very, very dramatic”.
Microsoft’s Japanese division attempted a 4-day work week for the month of August this year; the results? A whole 40% more productivity from employees.
Ever since its slow but grand inception in the tech scene, Microsoft has been carrying the torch of computing technology and though rivalled by many great firms, it has maintained its competitiveness across several tech spheres and markets. But how has it managed to excel so profusely of late? Microsoft, being such a prevalent […]
Evolving technologies like Digital, Social, Mobile, Analytics & Cloud are reinventing the way products and services are designed and delivered. The massive disruptions brought on by an exponential surge in data generation via these technologies are forcing most businesses to re-evaluate their strategies centered around digitalization. To stay relevant and competitive, companies must mature from […]
Bill Gates is currently the world's second richest person with a net worth of over $93 billion. In 1975, childhood friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft and went on to create the operating system for IBM's first personal computer. Although Gates loves his luxury vehicles, he says his primary concerns are global warming […]
Scott Weiss is the CEO and Owner of Speakeasy, Inc., a 45-year-old global communication consultancy with offices in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco, Amsterdam, and ongoing operations in Hong Kong, Dubai, London, and Mumbai. Speakeasy works with some 350 client companies and 5,000 individuals annually who attend their communication development programs to improve both […]
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