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What Changed? - 2021 H1

Acceptance

 

Please see below key headlines from the first half of 2021 for all of the elements that Halcyon monitors.

See also; What Happened? - 2020

 

ACCEPTANCE

March 2021

 

ADDICTION

June 2021

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AGEING

June 2021

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ANXIETY

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Artificial Intelligence

June 2021

AI is learning how to create itself - Curio

Should we be concerned that the decisions of AIs are inscrutable? - Psyche Ideas

The role of the arts and humanities in thinking about artificial intelligence - Ada Lovelace Institute

May 2021

Artificial intelligence research may have hit a dead end - Curio

Can AI create content people actually want to read? - Raconteur

Eight ways in which AI is transforming healthcare - Raconteur

Google launches AI health tool for skin conditions - Financial Times

The AI-First Company: How to Compete and Win with Artificial Intelligence - Ash Fontana

Unesco expert on how to tackle AI bias - Raconteur

Why AI is harder than we think - Santa Fe

April 2021

A new era of innovation: Moore’s Law is not dead and AI is ready to explode - SiliconANGLE

AI can now learn to manipulate human behaviour - RealKM

Artificial intelligence bias can be countered, if not erased - Financial Times

Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence - Kate Crawford

The Board Imperative: How can trusted AI unlock long-term value? - EY

What a bleak AI future tells us about how to work now - Financial Times

March 2021

AI can shine digital sunlight on to company greenwashing - Financial Times

AI Should Augment Human Intelligence, Not Replace It - HBR

Building trust in AI systems is essential - Financial Times

Future of AI and Digital Healthcare - Financial Times

The Economist Asks: Sir Kazuo Ishiguro - Is AI capable of falling in love? - The Economist

February 2021

The Creativity Code: How AI Is Learning to Write, Paint and Think - Free Summary by Marcus Du Sautoy

We have a chance to build a consensus on AI rules and norms - Financial Times

When Your Manager Is Inhuman - Sixth Tone

January 2021

Can China Become the AI Superpower? - Chatham House

Making Sense of the AI Landscape - HBR

Arts

March 2021

The Most Googled Artist in Every Country in the World - Ken Bromley Art Supplies

 

Attention

June 2021

I have ‘pandemic brain’. Will I ever be able to concentrate again? - The Guardian

 

Authenticity

June 2021

Authentic Living - Gratefulness.org

May 2021

Authenticity is a sham - Curio

Automation

February 2021

Why I was wrong to be optimistic about robots - Financial Times

January 2021

After years of dithering companies are embracing automation - The Economist

How RPA could help distribute and track COVID-19 vaccines - VentureBeat

On the 100th Anniversary of ‘Robot,’ They’re Finally Taking Over - WSJ

Blockchain

April 2021

Blockchain may change equities trading for good - Financial Times

January 2021

Blockchain Is Changing How Companies Can Engage with Customers - HBR

Business

June 2021

The new geopolitics of global business - The Economist

Care

May 2021

By changing the story of social care, we can build public support to transform it for future generations – here’s how - Social Care Future

Change

January 2021

Corporate Change and Technology - Financial Times

The Essence of Strategy Is Now How to Change - MITSloan

Childhood

March 2021

Philippa Perry - How to be a better parent during the pandemic - The Economist

February 2021

I’m spending more time than ever with my children. No one is enjoying it - The Economist

Compassion

March 2021

The FT guide to compassion: at home, work and play - Financial Times

Conflict

March 2021

A second cold war is tracking the first - Financial Times

War Time: Temporality and the Decline of Western Military Power - Chatham House

January 2021

Is violence an inevitable part of civilisation? - The Economist

Consciousness

June 2021

Is human consciousness creating reality? - Big Think

Why your consciousness depends on the low-entropy early Universe - Psyche Ideas

February 2021

Dreaming of a universal mind- IAI TV

Crime

January 2021

Cybercrime is maturing. Here's how organisations can keep up - World Economic Forum

Curiosity

May 2021

The Curious Advantage - Free Summary by Paul Ashcroft et al.

March 2021

The war correspondent walking the world - BBC

Death

June 2021

Dead bodies keep moving for more than a year after death, new study finds - Big Think

April 2021

‘Zombie’ genes in the brain get to work after you die - Big Think

March 2021

When Breath Becomes Air: A Young Neurosurgeon Examines the Meaning of Life as He Faces His Death – Brain Pickings

January 2021

Antidotes to Fear of Death - Brain Pickings

Democracy

June 2021

Democracy in Europe adjusts to the far right - Financial Times

May 2021

Is democracy doomed to fail us in the long term? - Bridges to the Future

April 2021

The future of liberal democracies: In conversation with Margot Wallström - Chatham House

The importance of democracy - Chatham House – International Affairs Think Tank

March 2021

The Future of Liberal Democracies: In Conversation with Margot Wallström - Chatham House

January 2021

Business Can’t Take Democracy for Granted - HBR

Democracies Must Band Together and Look Inwards - Chatham House

Fragile democracies - Raconteur

Demographics

May 2021

A revolt against the rich could be sparked by basic demographics - Financial Times

China’s population grows at slowest rate in decades - Financial Times

Generation exiled: the business risks of discarding young workers - Raconteur

Lousy demographics will not stop China’s rise - Financial Times

April 2021

4 Things Gen Z and Millennials Expect From Their Workplace - Gallup

How business and education can help Gen Z reframe the future - EY

‘We are drowning in insecurity’: young people and life after the pandemic - Financial Times

February 2021

Gen Z deserves more support from employers - Financial Times

The Corona Generation - Free Summary by Jennie Bristow and Emma Gilland

Depression

February 2021

Undoing as Remaking: How Abraham Lincoln Drew Poetry and Power from His Suicidal Depression – Brain Pickings

Design

June 2021

Design special - Financial Times

April 2021

Design bias is harmful, and in some cases may be lethal - The Economist

Disability

June 2021

Crippled Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled - Frances Ryan Audible

Degree Inclusive deodorant is designed with disabled people in mind - Fast Company

May 2021

ASOS model wears cochlear implant in earring product image - Trend Watching

Diversity

May 2021

Redefining Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) - BCG

April 2021

Diversity Leaders - Financial Times

February 2021

Black representation at top of FTSE 100 companies falls to zero - Financial Times

How group diversity affects decision making - RealKM

Why a company’s diversity matters - LinkedIn

January 2021

The Real Reason Diversity Is Lacking at the Top - BCG

Economics

March 2021

IMF sees signs of stronger global recovery, but significant risks remain - Reuters

Outlook darkens for Europe’s virus-stricken economy - Financial Times

February 2021

The moment of danger for Europe will be when the recovery starts - Financial Times

January 2021

China’s economy expands at faster rate than before coronavirus - Financial Times

Continue spending, OECD urges governments - LinkedIn

Education

March 2021

A successful career pivot starts with a student mindset - Financial Times

Building a Greener, Fairer Future: The Role of Girls' Education in Climate Action -Chatham House

February 2021

How to make up for lost school time - Financial Times

What can be done to increase equality in education? - World Economic Forum

Emerging Markets

April 2021

The man who helped make ordinary Africans’ voices heard - Financial Times

February 2021

Emerging nations are better equipped to survive the pandemic’s economic shock - Financial Times

Emotions

May 2021

Artificial Intelligence Is Misreading Human Emotion - The Atlantic

Humanizing Technology - Affectiva

January 2021

An emotional menagerie - The School of Life

Empathy

June 2021

Pity is an emotion easy to scorn but central to our humanity - Psyche Ideas

January 2021

Idea of the Day: Empathy in leadership - LinkedIn

Environment

April 2021

Replays - Soil Regen Summit 2021 - Soil Foodweb School, LLC

March 2021

Redesigning for the Environment - Chatham House

Equality

April 2021

What Does It Mean to Decolonise the Future? - The Futures Centre

March 2021

Inequality report calls for shift from unconscious bias training - Financial Times

Ethics

June 2021

What’s your beef? An ethicist’s guide to giving up meat - The Economist

January 2021

How to Set Up an Ethics Advisory Board - HBR

Fairness

April 2021

A fairer world requires fairer tech. Here’s why - World Economic Forum

Designing for Fairer Futures - RSA

Is there a way to make capitalism fairer? - London Business School

January 2021

Do Diverse Corporate Boards Lead to a Fairer Workplace? - WIRED

Global tax avoidance costs countries $427B each year, says report - Accounting Today

What is fairness good for? - RSA

Family

June 2021

Pandemic parenting slang: are you a curling dad or a crunchy mom? - The Economist

Parent trap: why the cult of the perfect mother has to end - Curio

Food

June 2021

What if everyone’s nutrition was personalised? - The Economist

May 2021

Future Foods - Shaping Tomorrow

February 2021

The forgotten foods that could excite our tastebuds - BBC

Forgiveness

April 2021

Forgiveness should also extend to the living - Financial Times

Freedom

January 2021

The limits on free speech in the internet era - Financial Times

Friendship

May 2021

The social biome: how to build nourishing friendships — and banish loneliness - Curio

March 2021

Alone together: friendship in a pandemic - Financial Times

January 2021

How lockdowns are changing our friendship groups - BBC Worklife

Future

June 2021

5 visions of the future from our Global Technology Governance Summit - World Economic Forum

May 2021

GlobalTrends 2040 - US Government

Minimizing Shock: Reimagining a More Equitable Future - The Futures Centre

Gender

June 2021

How to run a feminist company - Quartz at Work

March 2021

Gender equality: Is now the time to go further, faster? - EY Global

How to take gender equity from remote possibility to virtual certainty - EY Global

Post-crisis recovery is a chance to address gender inequality - Financial Times

What leaders must do to keep women at work - CNBC

Why women are worse off in retirement - Financial Times

January 2021

Pandemic drowns out women's voices - Chatham House

Generosity

January 2021

How Gratefulness Blossoms into Radical Generosity - Gratefulness.org

Government

March 2021

The four big issues that will decide the future of government - EY

Governments: return to the past or nurture a digital future? - EY

Will there be a ‘next’ if corporate governance is focused on the ‘now’? - EY

January 2021

Can the public sector survive the pandemic? - Raconteur

Gratitude

May 2021

A Grateful Day with Br. David Steindl-Rast - Gratefulness.org

Practices and Questions for A Grateful Day - Gratefulness.org

February 2021

Grateful Voices - Gratefulness.org

January 2021

Earth Altars: A Practice for Grateful Living - Gratefulness.org

Habitat

May 2021

Cell phone data can help redesign cities - Big Think

From smart to people-first cities - The Futures Centre

What cities need now - Curio

Why radical reform of urban planning is essential - Financial Times

April 2021

Charter City Dreams - New World Same Humans

Singapore’s new ‘forest town’ could change urban living forever - World Economic Forum

What is the Netherlands’ plan for zero-emission deliveries? - World Economic Forum

March 2021

A city that knows your every move: Saudi Arabia's new smart city might be a glimpse of the future - ZDNet

What does a city exodus mean for your business? - Raconteur

February 2021

Berlin Has High Hopes For This Wooden Skyscraper - Bloomberg

The pandemic is killing the attraction of megacities - Financial Times

January 2021

Smart cities are only as smart as their businesses - Raconteur

Happiness

June 2021

The fascinating science of pleasure goes way beyond dopamine - Psyche Ideas

January 2021

Finding happiness at home - Quartz

Health

June 2021

Amazon’s mental health kiosk mocked on social media as a ‘Despair Closet’ - The Guardian

We're winning the war on cancer - Big Think

May 2021

Relocalising Health - Free Summary by Dave Chase

April 2021

COVID and the cost to children's mental health - Raconteur

Mindcraft - Trend Watching

February 2021

Could a Single Vaccine Work Against All Coronaviruses? - The New York Times

Poor life expectancy in the US causes over 400,000 excess deaths - Quartz

Preparing now for the next pandemic - LinkedIn

January 2021

A world of vaccine haves and have nots - LinkedIn

An intergenerational conversation on mental health - AlixPartners

Mental health at work - Financial Times

The Role of Love in Mental Health - The School of Life

The year global health went local - Bill Gates

Human Rights

May 2021

Advancing human rights through trade - Chatham House

February 2021

My rights, your wrongs: Nigel Biggar’s flawed attack on ‘human rights fundamentalism - Prospect Magazine

Identity

May 2021

The Mystery of Personal Identity: What Makes You and Your Childhood Self the Same Person Despite a Lifetime of Change – Brain Pickings

January 2021

The Weirdest People in the World by Joseph Henrich — natural selection - Financial Times

Immortality

February 2021

Digital Humans | MetaHuman Creator - Unreal Engine

Innovation

June 2021

Innovation + Equality - Free Summary by Andrew Leigh and Joshua Gans

April 2021

Most Innovative Companies 2021 - Understanding Innovation | BCG

January 2021

The Serial Innovation Imperative - BCG

Where’s the spark? How lockdown caused a creativity crisis - Financial Times

Intelligence

June 2021

A Thousand Brains: A new theory of intelligence - CogX

Isolation

May 2021

The loneliness of the modern office team member - Financial Times

February 2021

Against Aloneness in the Web of Life: Ernst Haeckel, Charles Darwin, and the Art of Turning Personal Tragedy into a Portal to Transcendence – Brain Pickings

The Power of Virtual Distance - Free Summary by Richard R. Reilly and Karen Sobel Lojeski

Writing isolation—why Elizabeth Barrett Browning is the poet for our time - Prospect Magazine

January 2021

On Being Alone - Emergence Magazine

Kindness

May 2021

Don’t Underestimate the Power of Kindness at Work - HBR

March 2021

George Saunders on the Power of Kindness, Animated – Brain Pickings

How acts of leadership kindness make everyone better - Financial Times

Kindness in the workplace too often goes unrewarded - Financial Times

January 2021

Be Kinder to Yourself - HBR

How acts of leadership kindness make everyone better - Financial Times

Knowledge

June 2021

Remembering the true value of knowledge – RealKM

The psychology behind knowledge hiding in organisations – RealKM

May 2021

How Indigenous knowledge advances modern science and technology – RealKM

Self-knowledge is a super power – if it’s not an illusion - Psyche Ideas

Societal Knowledge Management - David Gurteen

What are the potential knowledge management (KM) disciplines in an interdisciplinary approach to KM? – RealKM

April 2021

A picture is worth a 1000 words [Knowledge visualization series part 1] | - RealKM

Why do people in organisations withhold their knowledge? - RealKM

March 2021

Is it time for transformations towards “Common Good KM”? - RealKM

February 2021

Bridging the knowledge-behaviour gap in the communication of policies during COVID-19 and other emergencies - RealKM

Dear pathology company, your knowledge management failures have caused serious harm - RealKM

Three types of knowledge - RealKM

January 2021

Knowledge management in 2020: the year in review - RealKM

Language

June 2021

What makes language offensive? - The Economist

May 2021

Big Tech threatens Maori language rights - The Futures Centre

April 2021

The languages with built-in sexism - BBC Future

Leadership

March 2021

The CEO Imperative: How has adversity become a springboard to growth - EY - Global

February 2021

Why do narcissists love leadership theories? - RealKM

January 2021

How Transformative CEOs Lead in a Crisis - BCG

The need for new leadership in this COVID-era - RealKM

Loss

February 2021

The art of losing isn’t hard to master – Brain Pickings

Love

March 2021

Anaïs Nin on Inner Conflict, the Interconnectedness of All Things, and What Maturity Really Means – Brain Pickings

February 2021

The Ancient Greeks’ 6 Words for Love (And Why Knowing Them Can Change Your Life) - YES! Magazine

Why, Once You Understand Love, You Could Love Anyone -The School of Life Articles

Meaning

February 2021

How to Find Meaning When Your Job Feels Meaningless - HBR

Memory

June 2021

What if dementia was preventable and treatable? - The Economist

Middle Markets

March 2021

Insights for privately owned businesses - KPMG United Kingdom

Leading with trust as a family enterprise—a global perspective - Deloitte Canada

The Google Generation Of Family Offices: How These 40 Banks Are Preparing - Forbes

February 2021

Family businesses risk missing the mark on ESG - PwC

Family Business Survey 2021 - PwC

January 2021

4 ways family businesses can lead the pandemic recovery - World Economic Forum

Advisory boards in family businesses: if so, then do it right - PwC

Female founder IPO data: Only 20 women have taken US startups public - Business Insider

Family Office Forum - Baker McKenzie

How are female founders reframing the future? - Kath Carter, EY

Key factors for family office success - PwC

Mittelstandoff - The surprising role of family feuds in German business - The Economist

Private companies and US GAAP standards - PwC

Private Company Perspectives - PwC

Small UK businesses are ‘running out of cash’, chancellor warned - Financial Times

The Soft Rules of Family Businesses - BCG

UK’s small businesses struggle with Brexit red tape - Financial Times

Unicorns surge to 500 in number as US and China account for 70% - Nikkei Asia

When Work Feels Like Family, Employees Keep Quiet About Wrongdoing - HBR

Private-Debt Funds Withstand Covid-19, but Bigger Test Comes Next Year - WSJ

An entrepreneurial renaissance is here - LinkedIn

Migration

May 2021

How the wealthy seem to immigrate as they please - Quartz

Spain’s migrant influx is a warning shot for Europe - Financial Times

April 2021

How two decades of EU migration went into reverse - Financial Times

Money

May 2021

Is now the time for a universal basic income? - RSA

April 2021

Future of Money - CitiGPS

February 2021

FT Moral Money Forum - Financial Times

The pandemic is accelerating the end of cash—and leaving the most vulnerable behind - Prospect Magazine

Nature

June 2021

Nature as a Cure for the Sickness of Modern Times - The School of Life Articles

May 2021

Emily Dickinson’s Herbarium: A Forgotten Treasure at the Intersection of Science and Poetry – Brain Pickings

End mowing of road verges to create huge wildlife habitat, says UK study - The Guardian

Why a walk in the woods really does help your body and your soul - The Conversation

January 2021

How Composting Has Gone High-Tech - WSJ

Openness

April 2021

Daniel Kahneman on how to stop getting attached to your ideas - Quartz at Work

Past

May 2021

The History of the World: Every Year - YouTube

When you think of the Renaissance, think of Nagasaki, Goa and Oaxaca - Psyche Ideas

Philosophy

June 2021

The Little Book of Stoicism Free Summary - Jonas Salzgeber

May 2021

A Visual Dictionary of Philosophy: Major Schools of Thought in Minimalist Geometric Graphics – Brain Pickings

Does quantum mechanics favor Buddhist philosophy? - Big Think

Plato and Aristotle can help you resist conventional worldly success, direct your energy and find your own highest calling - Psyche Guides

February 2021

10 life lessons from legendary Roman emperors - Big Think

January 2021

How Derrida and Foucault became the most misunderstood philosophers of our time - Prospect Magazine

Politics

May 2021

Vaccines will shape the new geopolitical order - Curio

Privacy

March 2021

One result of one year into the pandemic: Privacy might be dead - Marketplace

February 2021

This privacy ring is like an Incognito Mode for real life - The Futures Centre

Purpose

May 2021

Think Like a Monk Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day - Jay Shetty

February 2021

The boardroom’s futile pursuit of purpose - Financial Times

January 2021

Four ways to put your purpose to work - EY

How to Harness the Power of Purpose - BCG

Purpose, not platitudes: A personal challenge for top executives - McKinsey

The community for business doing good - Business of Purpose

Quietness

June 2021

Signal failure: Daniel Kahneman’s fascinating—and flawed—new book ‘Noise’ - Prospect Magazine

April 2021

Help quiet remote workers be heard - LinkedIn

Religion

May 2021

How four major climate catastrophes reshaped global religion - Big Think

The nomological argument for the existence of God - Big Think

January 2021

How the 'Western mind' was shaped by the Medieval Church - BBC Future

Resilience

April 2021

Business disruption and COVID-19 recovery - McKinsey

Corona Virus - A Resilient Response: Episode 5- Exhausted but starting again - The Resilience Centre

Five Science-Backed Strategies to Build Resilience - Berkeley

Resilience in the Workplace: How to be More Resilient at Work - Positive Psychology

The Secret to Building Resilience - HBR

February 2021

Never, ever give up - LinkedIn

January 2021

7 Strategies to Build a More Resilient Team - HBR

Responsibility

May 2021

Responsible Investing - Financial Times

April 2021

Responsible Business Education - Financial Times

March 2021

It has fallen to our generation to take responsibility for the planet - Financial Times

February 2021

Responsible Business 2021 - Chatham House

January 2021

Responsible Business 2021 - Chatham House

Risk

May 2021

Are you making political risk a strategic priority? - EY Global

Why cyber risks are getting even more important for big banks - Financial Times

March 2021

Covid jabs are at the sharp end of political risk - Financial Times

January 2021

The disaster you could have stopped: Preparing for extraordinary risks - McKinsey

What Do Wall Street Leaders Think Is the Next Big Risk? - Bloomberg

Security

February 2021

Cyberespionage expert's advice on protecting your business - Raconteur

January 2021

Cyber Security and Society - Financial Times

Cybersecurity Is Not (Just) a Tech Problem - HBR

What to Do—and What Not to Do—in the Aftermath of a Cybersecurity Attack - WSJ

Women primed to fill cyber security talent gap - Financial Times

Self-Esteem

June 2021

Conquer Your Self-Doubt in Meetings - HBR

Science

February 2021

Listen to the Science by Lars Heikensten, Marcia McNutt and Johan Rockström - Project Syndicate

The Poetry and Music of Science - Tom McLeish

Servitude

March 2021

MPs demand stronger laws to combat modern slavery - Financial Times

January 2021

Britain’s necessary but insufficient battle on modern slavery - Financial Times

Sleep

June 2021

The need for sleep - Raconteur

March 2021

15 Stats on How the World Sleeps - Wellness | MyFitnessPal

February 2021

How to Get More Deep Sleep - MyFitnessPal

January 2021

Sleep 101 Audiobook - Audible

Space

June 2021

Mystery of the gigantic Oort cloud from deep space explained - Big Think

Scientists find dark matter “bridges” that may reveal future of our galaxy - Big Think

The most detailed 3D map of the Universe ever made - Nature

May 2021

Asteroid impact: NASA simulation shows we are sitting ducks - Big Think

Faraway NASA probe detects the eerie hum of interstellar space - Reuters

April 2021

NASA Shares Stunning Image of Vast Blue Dunes on Mars - Insider

The battle for space is about to heat up - Prospect Magazine

March 2021

Every company is a space company now - Quartz

February 2021

Astrobiology - The search for ET hots up - The Economist

NASA makes successful Mars landing - LinkedIn

Spirituality

January 2021

Tending the Rituals of Our Lives - Gratefulness.org

Sustainability

June 2021

SDG 00. “Greenwashing”—the growing phenomenon of pretend environmentalism - Prospect Magazine

SDG 00. Accelerating the S in ESG – a roadmap for global progress on social standards - KPMG

SDG 00. The Limits of the “Sustainable” Economy - HBR

SDG 00. The Secrets of Sustainability Front-Runners - BCG

SDG 00. Why the New Competitive Advantage Demands Sustainability - BCG

SDG 01. Rich countries are buying up all the Covid-19 vaccines - Quartz

SDG 02. Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Tragedy of the man-made famine - BBC News

SDG 09. The Circular Business Model - HBR

SDG 13. Chief Heat Officer to Deal with Effects of Climate Change - EL.com

SDG 13. If climate disclosures are improving, why isn’t decarbonization accelerating?If climate disclosures are improving, why isn’t decarbonization accelerating? - EY

SDG 13. The growing risk of deadly heatwaves - The Economist

SDG 13. There's a simple answer to climate change. But will capitalism allow it? - Prospect Magazine

SDG 15. Loss of biodiversity poses as great a risk to humanity as climate change - The Economist

SDG 15. Loss of biodiversity poses as great a risk to humanity as climate change - The Economist

May 2021

SDG 00. The EU’s new sustainability rules spell trouble for many businesses - Financial Times

SDG 00. The proliferation of sustainability accounting standards comes with costs - The Economist

SDG 00. Time to accelerate the sustainability pivot - Chatham House

SDG 01. A windfall for poor countries is within reach - Financial Times

SDG 02. Ethiopia’s Tigray region at ‘serious’ risk of famine, warns top UN official - France 24

SDG 07. Member countries push back against IEA’s net zero road map - Financial Times

SDG 07. Oil companies are on notice that the fossil fuel era is coming to an end - Financial Times

SDG 07. Renewable Energy Is Suddenly Startlingly Cheap - The New Yorker

SDG 13. Can businesses deliver on their climate promises? - Financial Times

SDG 13. Climate change: the heat is on for finance directors - Financial Times

SDG 13. From values to climate action - ScienceDirect

SDG 13. High street shops in England and Wales repurposed as climate emergency centres - The Futures Centre

SDG 13. New initiative to fast-track climate action and meet sustainability targets - Chatham House

SDG 13. Rich countries need to cut the strings off climate finance - Quartz

SDG 14. Our oceans are amazing, but they need our help - CNN

April 2021

SDG 00. The Future of the Chief Sustainability Officer - Deloitte

SDG 00. The long-term view in a short-term world - FT

SDG 02. Global hunger hotspots in 2021 - GZERO Media

SDG 07. The Future of Energy - Financial Times

SDG 13, Climate Prospection - Shaping Tomorrow

SDG 13. For real progress on climate change, invite the developing world - Financial Times

SDG 13. Jens Burchardt: How we can curb climate change by spending two percent more on everything - TED Talk

SDG 13. Project Drawdown

SDG 13. Taking Climate Change into Account in Every Decision: How the Financial Sector Can Make It Happen – University of Edinburgh Business School

SDG 13. The Next Generation of Climate Innovation - BCG

SDG 13. We must help poorer countries tackle climate change - Financial Times

SDG 13. What happened during Climate Week? - Quartz

SDG 13. World's wealthiest 'at heart of climate problem' - BBC News

SDG 14. How can we help save the oceans? - LinkedIn

SDG 14.. Imagine the Arctic of the future - EY

SDG 15. How To Protect The Planet - Pressures of Climate Change - BCG

SDG 15. Seaspiracy shows why we must treat fish not as seafood, but as wildlife - The Guardian

SDG 15. The soundscape of the Anthropocene ocean - Science

March 2021

SDG 00. UN Sustainable Development Goals: How Companies Stack Up - Visual Capitalist

SDG 00. What do businesses need to add to ESG disclosures? Their people - Financial Times

SDG 01. A year after Covid-19 lockdown, India's poor continue to struggle - Quartz India

SDG 07. China dominates global wind industry after record installations | Financial Times

SDG 09. Why green infrastructure investing looks increasingly attractive - Family Capital

SDG 13. Digital transformation and sustainability, how to balance both - Raconteur

SDG 15. The rivers that 'breathe' greenhouse gases - BBC Future

SDG 15. The scientists turning the desert green - The Guardian

February 2021

SDG 00. 8 Sustainable Business Predictions for 2021 – The Triple Bottom

SDG 00. Business schools slow to practise what they teach on sustainability - Financial Times

SDG 00. How common metrics can drive long-term value creation - EY

SDG 00. Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics: Standards for Measuring Global Sustainability - Bank of America

SDG 00. Sustainability - Nomura

SDG 06. The Mystery and Might of Water – Brain Pickings

SDG 07. Big change for Big Oil? - LinkedIn

SDG 07. How the race for renewable energy is reshaping global politics - Financial Times

SDG 07. Renewable energy: green bubble trouble - Financial Times

SDG 13. A Conversation about Climate Math: A concrete plan to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius - McKinsey

SDG 13. The Climate Briefing: The Shifting Politics of Climate Change - Chatham House

January 2021

SDG 00. ESG accounting needs to cut through the greenwash - Financial Times

SDG 00. How to use sustainability to build an enterprise - EY

SDG 00. Sharing Data to Address Our Biggest Societal Challenges - BCG

SDG 00. The demand for sustainable lifestyles booms in the Western hemisphere - The Futures Centre

SDG 00. The Investment to Support Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - Bank of America

SDG 02. The South African chefs fighting hunger with food waste - BBC News

SDG 12. Fashion Trends Are Often Recycled. Now More Clothing Can Be, Too - The New York Times

SDG 13. A guide to making climate-friendly investment returns - Financial Times

SDG 13. How climate change will cost business - The Economist.

SDG 13. How to Make Climate Pledges Stick - Columbia Business School

SDG 13. We Have Entered the Climate Decade - World Positive

SDG 14. Virtual Ocean Dialogues - World Economic Forum

SDG 15. ‘Muyong system’ for continued forest regeneration and private land tenure recognised and replicated internationally - The Futures Centre

SDG 16. Supporting Next Generation of Leaders in Sustainability - Chatham House

Talent

May 2021

Tomorrow's Skills - Shaping Tomorrow

Technology

June 2021

10 emerging technologies that will change our world - Big Think

Chip shortage to last until at least mid-2022, warns manufacturer - Financial Times

Peter Diamandis: ‘In the next 10 years, we’ll reinvent every industry’ - The Guardian

The top technology trends - McKinsey

May 2021

What is deep tech? A look at how it could shape the future - TED Talk

A Timeline of Future Technology - Visual Capitalist

March 2021

The delusions of techno-futurists who ask: crisis, what crisis? - Financial Times

January 2021

A new architecture - Chipmaking is being redesigned. Effects will be far-reaching - The Economist

Infographic: Visualizing the Business Value of the Blockchain - Visual Capitalist

Tech sector looks beyond WFH - Financial Times

Therapy

May 2021

5 Mistakes We Make When We’re Overwhelmed - HBR

The therapy-app fantasy - Curio

March 2021

The Healing Power of Gardens: Oliver Sacks on the Psychological and Physiological Consolations of Nature – Brain Pickings

February 2021

Don’t Underestimate the Power of a Walk - HBR

January 2021

The Maturity of Regression -The School of Life Articles

Time

June 2021

A New Refutation of Time: Borges on the Most Paradoxical Dimension of Existence – Brain Pickings

What happened before the Big Bang? - Big Think

May 2021

How effective is time management? – RealKM

March 2021

Be More Realistic About the Time You Have - HBR

Trade

May 2021

International trade in 2021: Can multilateralism be revived? - Chatham House

Travel

April 2021

Transportation Outlook - Shaping Tomorrow

What does a travel writer learn from staying home? - The Economist

March 2021

Travel companies nurse losses but position for emerging trends - Financial Times

February 2021

The age of the wheelie-bag - What will travel look like after the pandemic? - The Economist

Travel industry expects recovery after COVID-19 - Grant Thornton

Trust

May 2021

How can we build trust to unlock the value of the behavioral economy? - EY Global

March 2021

The Secret of Adaptable Organisations Is Trust - HBR

Truth

June 2021

Why People Lie at Work — and What to Do About It - HBR

April 2021

To find the truth, we must establish the meaning of falsehood - Psyche Ideas

January 2021

Conspiracy theorists destroy a rational society: resist them - Financial Times

The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything - eBook: Vigna, Paul, Casey, Michael J.: Kindle Store

Values

May 2021

High-Performing Teams Start with a Culture of Shared Values - HBR

March 2021

The World’s Most Influential Values, In One Graphic - Visual Capitalist

January 2021

Why Your Values Belong at Work - HBR

Wellbeing

February 2021

What Covid-19 Has Done to Our Well-Being, in 12 Charts - HBR

Work

June 2021

Is it 'selfish' to work from home? - LinkedIn

Remote work 'could see 6m jobs go - LinkedIn

April 2021

Riding high in a workers’ world - The Economist

The new frontiers of hybrid work take shape - Financial Times

March 2021

The future of work after COVID-19 - McKinsey

February 2021

It’s time to reimagine where and how work will get done - PwC

Making a good job of remote work - Financial Times

Work shouldn't be your everything - LinkedIn

January 2021

Help Your Team Beat WFH Burnout - HBR

Pandemic’s homeworking surge fuels need for better regulation, says ILO - Financial Times

The future of remote work: An analysis of 2,000 tasks, 800 jobs, and 9 countries - McKinsey

Why We Work. How might we design a better toolkit - World Positive

Youth

January 2021

Five ways organisations can better support young people virtually - EY

 

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