Sat.Nov 26, 2022 - Fri.Dec 02, 2022

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Hiring Employees in China: 3 Options for Global Employers

Velocity Global

China has the world’s largest economy. Its annual GDP growth rate has averaged 9% over the past 60 years and reached an all-time high of 18.3% in 2021. Such incredible economic growth offers multiple benefits for business expansion into the Chinese market. However, hiring employees in China poses many challenges for foreign companies. China has its own complex array of labor laws, and failing to comply with these laws can result in fees, back pay, or even the loss of your business license.

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Tech Companies May Be Laying Off Employees, But Tech Workers Are Still In Demand

Forrester Digital Transformation

The last six months of labor headlines have been a switcheroo for anyone following the tech industry. We’ve gone from heady reports of companies competing to buy talent and onboarding hundreds of new employees every week to almost daily reports of the latest layoffs. Perhaps the greatest bubble indicator was that in 2021, there were […].

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Global Trade Surprisingly Strong Despite Recent Shocks

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/oatawa The recent DHL Trade Growth Atlas , which maps the most important trends and prospects of global trade in goods, is published by DHL and NYU Stern School of Business. The report covers 173 countries, providing valuable business intelligence for policymakers and industry leaders. It shines a positive light on the resilience of global trade – despite recent shocks and market pessimism.

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How will the space economy change the world?

McKinsey and Company

Space is no longer the sole domain of governments and aerospace and defense companies. Businesses that pursue emerging opportunities now may gain a first-mover advantage.

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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Best Ways To Thank Your Business Team 

Redial

The end of the year is approaching, and it is the perfect time to appreciate your team’s effort. Showing appreciation for your team is essential to fostering an enjoyable and productive workplace. Whether you’re looking to thank your team for their hard work or to show that you recognize their efforts, there are many ways to thank your company team.

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Predictions 2023: Evolving Risks And Recession Fears Will Redefine Insurer Strategies

Forrester Digital Transformation

The global insurance industry will face a challenging market in 2023, with policy lapses, lower IT spending, and insurtech turbulence.

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What Are The Various Modules In ServiceNow?

31 West

Managing your human resources, IT help desk, finances, and other management operations using the traditional workflow processes is tricky. Add to this the ever-changing customers’ needs, and you’ll know why automation has become a priority for all businesses. Thankfully, the transition to a digital workflow has become a lot easier with cloud-based IT management platforms like ServiceNow.

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The Best Hybrid Mobile App Development Frameworks in 2022

Groove Technology

Having a mobile presence has become essential for businesses to survive and reach a broader audience in today’s tech-driven society. However, there is no assurance of success simply because you released your software onto the mobile market. You need to conduct an extensive market analysis, develop a strategy, and evaluate the entire mobile environment to flourish in a highly competitive mobile market.

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All I Want For Christmas Is An Accessibility Expert

Forrester Digital Transformation

Twenty-seven percent of design teams plan to hire accessibility experts in the next 12 months.

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Japan Airlines (JAL): Ready for Takeoff Post Pandemic

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Teka77 When the pandemic hit, the global marketing team at Japan Airlines (JAL) saw its budget disappear overnight. They saw the whole thing disappear. Poof. There wasn't a whole lot to promote during the pandemic – back then JAL was operating between the US and Southeast Asia, routes without any stops in Japan itself. Back in 2019, the airline’s plan was to streamline its global marketing efforts across regions, develop a more integrated approach to marketing, introduce new marketing-re

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We’re Here to Help! How to Navigate Your Top HR Priorities

Are you helping your people proactively plan for retirement? How are you prioritizing the mental health of your HR team? These are a few of the questions that HR professionals are seeking answers to today. Luckily, Gallagher’s consultants came together with four robust articles (and one infographic) that help address these pain points and provide you with proactive planning tips to help you simplify, personalize and create flexibility in your benefits offerings to help ensure your people thrive

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Why Is ServiceNow Better Than Others?

31 West

Business leaders are focusing on modern technologies to streamline IT operations and achieve customer satisfaction. That’s why they are embracing a transition to digital workflows. As a result, enterprise software solutions have become mainstream. ServiceNow is an industry leader that has gained immense popularity for offering seamless integration and a vast range of services for a smoother workflow.

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Author Talks: Hospitality lessons from a Michelin-star restaurateur

McKinsey and Company

Eleven Madison Park cofounder Will Guidara explains why a hospitality economy is on the horizon and shares the “unreasonable” strategies that he has used to lead restaurants to the top of their game.

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Data Mesh In 2023 And Beyond

Forrester Digital Transformation

2023 predictions for data mesh: Clarity, challenges, more confusion, and opportunities are all just part of the journey.

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Today in Global Small Business: Carbon Neutral Shipping For Ecommerce Merchants

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Sakorn Sukkasemsakorn What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Carbon-neutral shipping for ecommerce merchants during the holiday season. Ecommerce report holds warning signals for holiday retail. Quote of the week: "I look forward to the holiday season every year." – Cate Blanchett U.S. ecommerce sales will grow just 2.5%.

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Challenges and Solutions in High-Volume, High-Stakes Hiring

Facing a hiring surge that feels like conducting a complex orchestra? Our guide is your roadmap to harmonious high-volume hiring. In it, you’ll learn: Strategies to maintain quality while hiring at scale The real math behind agency vs. in-house recruiting Secrets to a stellar candidate experience during hiring spikes Resource optimization techniques for stretched TA teams Don't let resource constraints or market pressures derail your hiring goals.

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What Are The Top 5 Features Of ServiceNow?

31 West

ServiceNow has developed a new approach to cloud computing by creating a unique service model. It has changed the core of the digital world with the finest software innovation. Its all-in-one cloud platform allows you to define, design, and automate your entire workflow. ServiceNow enables the fastest service experience that replaces manual transactions to simplify the delivery of services.

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How personalization at scale can invigorate Asian insurers

McKinsey and Company

The surge in digital consumer interactions is making possible a new era of gathering, analyzing, and responding to individual customer data strategically and with precision.

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Key Takeaways From Conversations With Patient Engagement Vendors

Forrester Digital Transformation

The burgeoning shift to more accountable care and the high prevalence of chronic disease demands more proactive - versus reactive - care delivery models. Healthcare organizations and policy-makers recognize patient engagement improvement is a top priority to move this initiative forward. Read this blog to uncover key insights from conversations with patient engagement vendors.

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The Five Whys – Simple Yet Helpful Root Cause Analysis

Perficient Digital Transformation

Most are familiar with the Five Ws for information gathering: Who , What , When , Where , and Why – adding in How for good measure (making it the Six Ws ). Fewer are aware of the Five Whys which is a simplistic method of root cause analysis (RCA). This article explains the Five Whys , also known as a Why Tree. I’ll list the pros and cons of the approach, share some alternatives, and most importantly, I will describe why it is a useful tool despite its limitations and simplicity.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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11 Practical Ways to Provide Better Customer Service By Phone

31 West

Your customers deserve excellent service, and providing support over the phone is a great way to deliver it to them. Of course it’s not enough to just have a contact number and answer calls ad hoc. You need to be aware of what it takes to go above and beyond to serve people who get in touch for a conversation. There’s a cavalcade of tweaks that will make a big difference to the quality of your phone-based customer service, and we’ve put together an outline of the most impactful for you to try at

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Getting digital transformation right in resource-heavy industries

McKinsey and Company

Eight core principles can help companies in the energy, oil and gas, basic materials, and utilities sectors achieve successful digital transformations.

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Identifying Your Critical Chat Integrations For Employee Enablement

Forrester Digital Transformation

… Or, What We Should Plug Into Slack, Teams, And Other Chat Platforms Over the past decade, chat platforms have become a fixture of the workplace (yes, somehow it’s already been more than 10 years). This is due to them supporting rapid informal communication as well as their extensibility. For years, organizations have had success […].

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Understanding cloud security

Hyland

In this piece: What is cloud security? Why is cloud security important? The benefits of good cloud security. Challenges to cloud security. Security differences in SaaS, PaaS and IaaS. Cloud security for digital transformation. Cloud security is top of mind for most organizations leveraging cloud computing. The concept is simple, but the execution is complex and everchanging.

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Why (and How) to Switch to a New HR & Payroll Platform

Speaker: Speakers:

HR and payroll impact every aspect of your business. Choosing the right provider is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. Before you decide, hear first-hand customer accounts in Paycor’s webinar to learn: The three most important things to look for when switching. How to begin your search. What are some of the red flags?

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What Is Active Directory And Why Is It Used?

31 West

Businesses of all sizes are using Microsoft Active Directory to determine which user has network access to what extent. But what exactly is an active directory? Why has it become so popular in the IT domain? And why do most IT help desk companies use them? Do you know 121 ransomware attacks occurred in the first half of 2021? And the average amount paid to these attackers increased to $570,000?

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Five lessons from AI on closing quantum’s talent gap—before it’s too late

McKinsey and Company

To ensure organizations have access to the quantum computing talent they need when they need it, leaders will have to upskill workers and create pathways for new talent, just as they did for AI.

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Benchmarks Help European IT Leaders Make Critical Investment Decisions

Forrester Digital Transformation

Benchmark data can support the decision-making process, but it can also mislead and bring decision-makers to the wrong conclusions. My recent report, 2022 IT And Digital Budget Benchmarks, Europe, presents relevant benchmark figures to support European technology leaders’ decisions. What To Expect From This Report European IT leaders ask plenty of questions about benchmarking.

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Introducing ScaleHub’s New Marketing Director: Jacquelyn McMullen

ScaleHub

ScaleHub’s global team continues to grow! We’re proud to introduce Jacquelyn McMullen as Global Marketing Director. As a certified digital marketing professional with over ten years of experience, Jacquelyn comes to ScaleHub with a wealth of experience in the FinTech industry. Her intuitive approach comes from her profound expertise in building awareness and engagement through compelling brands, creating effective campaigns that connect with customers.

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Transform Employee Wellbeing and Control Costs Through Data-Driven Strategies

In today's dynamic business environment, HR leaders face immense pressure to optimize costs while maintaining a competitive edge to attract, retain and engage their workforce. Gallagher can help you meet that challenge head-on. Our proprietary data and people analytics platform, Gallagher Drive ® , provides the elevated insights you need to make impactful program decisions that are aligned with your organizational goals and set your strategy up for long-term success.

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These are the top challenges faced by climate tech companies

Airswift

Source: Frame Stock Footage/Shutterstock. Expanding overseas and hiring talent are some of the main issues encountered by green tech leaders. Climate tech has become a hot topic in recent years, with many startups focusing on developing new technologies to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But what exactly is climate tech? And what exactly is the difference between cleantech and cleantech 2.0?

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The link between climate and national security

McKinsey and Company

Former Netherlands chief of defense Tom Middendorp, the “climate general,” discusses efforts to decarbonize defense forces and the security risks that could be heightened by climate change.

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Does My RO&I Or Sales Engagement Platform Need To Be Native To Salesforce?

Forrester Digital Transformation

Have you considered buying a revenue operations and intelligence (RO&I) or sales engagement platform? If so, you’ve likely seen vendors touting the benefits of their native Salesforce capabilities. That’s a good thing, right? Most clients I’ve spoken with believe a native application is a positive feature. Vendors know this and look for any opportunity to […].

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Hybrid IT – The modern approach to deploying your solutions on varied environments

comeMakeit

Technology is changing fast, and along with it, the business landscape. A software product most suitable for today will only serve the company for a while. A product is deemed to be a legacy one when it becomes incompatible or costly. In our previous blog, we discussed the first step in modernizing the application, i.e., calculating its technical debt.

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Foundations of Diversity: Building an Inclusive Company From the Ground Up

Can you guess why top-tier companies place such a high emphasis on diversity? Because a successful business mirrors the world around it. Diverse companies create empowering environments and are 35% more likely to financially outperform their peers. This new guide offers strategic insights to build a vibrant, diverse, and innovative workforce. Learn to assess your current workforce, understand demographics, and identify barriers to inclusivity.