Empowerment and purpose: How UK fintech Wise ensures its staff want to stay
Freedom to operate and inspiring purpose are critical factors in the attraction and retention of talent, argues Wise CPO Isabel Naidoo....
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The Power Triad: Three moves to reignite progress for women leaders
Women’s progress has stalled because organizational systems fail them. Fixing this means recalibrating three things: succession slates, sponsorship, and executive feeder roles....
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The many faces of ‘juan’: How China’s labor evolution shows multinationals the cost of systems built on exhaustion
Some of China’s most profitable companies have thrived by piling pressure on workers – sometimes with tragic results. Zhike Lei outlines how multinationals can design work that avoids burnout and exploitation. ...
Facing the AI onslaught, young workers need a new skill: Humility
Entry-level roles give new recruits an opportunity to develop intuition and judgment. But a lack of humility could be stunting the development of future leaders, argues IMD’s Katharina Lange. ...
120 years of building careers: What ABB Sweden's graduate program reveals about long-term talent investment
ABB Sweden’s 120-year-old graduate trainee program has survived wars, crises, and industry upheaval. What does its endurance reveal about building talent for the long term?...
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Workplace trends for 2026: Preparing for the new labor market reality
Organizations in 2026 must cope with workplace flexibility demands, inclusion imperatives, agentic AI job displacement, workforce AI training gaps, and talent mobility restrictions while building resilient human capital strategies....
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