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The next frontier in finance: How financial institutions can partner with consumers to accelerate climate action
As the world looks to COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan to advance the policies needed to deliver deep, rapid and sustained emission reductions to limit global warming to 1.5⁰C, finance is set to be a central focus. This “Finance COP” (as it has been dubbed) looks to establish a new framework aimed at closing the persistent gaps in climate finance, and will also be an opportunity to have critical discussions on the role of financial institutions in accelerating climate action.
Opinion par " Majda Dabaghi
15.11.2024
The next frontier in finance: How financial institutions can partner with consumers to accelerate climate action
Electronic invoicing and AI: navigating new challenges for businesses
As businesses across the UK adapt to rapid technological advancements, electronic invoicing and artificial intelligence (AI) have emerged as pivotal tools in streamlining operations and enhancing efficiency. David Malan, Sales Director for DocuWare in the UK and Ireland, shares his insights on how these technologies are transforming the industry.
Opinion par " Maddyness, with Docuware
14.11.2024
Reshaping company culture to promote sustainable work-life balance
Reshaping corporate culture requires visionary leadership and a strong commitment to long-term success. I have led transformational change at companies including Porsche and BMW, as well as in early-stage and growing companies. It is clear to me that effective leadership begins by creating an environment that encourages challenge and autonomy while supporting personal and professional growth.
Opinion par " Kevin Gaskell
13.11.2024
Reshaping company culture to promote sustainable work-life balance
The rise of unstructured data in investment: A revolution for decision-maker
Unstructured data, while complex to organise, plays a crucial and complementary role to structured data in private equity investments. It enables more informed decisions and better anticipation of trends through the use of advanced data extraction and analysis tools and technologies.
Opinion par " Alexandre Velluti
05.11.2024
Data-Driven culture: redefining success in investment funds and venture capital
The future of inclusion: Building Neuro-Affirmative workplaces beyond DEI
During the Covid-19 pandemic, our society advanced by decades in a matter of months. Overnight, our societal definition of ‘normal’ was replaced with working and learning from home.
Opinion par " Leanne Maskell
04.11.2024
The future of inclusion: Building Neuro-Affirmative workplaces beyond DEI
The potential for AI and new tech to be a democratising tool for women
Picture this: it’s 2024 and everyone decides it’s time to fire 20% more women than men. There would be uproar, right? How about this: it’s 2024 and we’re passively watching as Artificial Intelligence (AI) threatens to disproportionately displace women in the workforce.
Opinion par " Fernanda Dobal
31.10.2024
The potential for AI and new tech to be a democratising tool for women
How design thinking can transform the future of your business
One of the fundamental requirements for growing a business is a willingness to change. But this requirement has become even more acute over the past years. We are currently in the biggest election year in history, with more voters than ever heading to the polls across the globe.
Opinion par " Nick Horan
30.10.2024
How design thinking can transform the future of your business
If you want to maximise the value of your startup - start with your data
Investors, particularly private equity (PE) firms, are undergoing a period of transformation driven by increasing use of data and AI to better understand their portfolios, enhance value creation and identify investment and acquisition targets. Naturally, this transition has important implications for startups seeking to attract new investment or maximise the value of their exit.
Opinion par " Natalie Cramp
23.10.2024
If you want to maximise the value of your startup - start with your data
How can you work alongside AI to become a Super Leader?
When an AI-driven future arrives faster than ever, Terence Mauri, a world-leading expert on the future of leadership and Thinkers50 author, argues that we always overestimate the risk of trying something new and underestimate the risk of standing still.
Opinion par " Terence Mauri
21.10.2024
How can you work alongside AI to become a Super Leader?
Materiality Matters: How startups and VCs need to approach ESG
ESG principles have gained significant traction in recent years, but the conversation surrounding them continues to be clouded in misunderstanding. The prevailing notion that “starting with anything that looks like sustainability” will suffice has led startups and investors astray.
Opinion par " Hannah Leach & Johannes Lenhard
17.10.2024
Materiality Matters: How startups and VCs need to approach ESG
Quantifying Climate: How Carbon Accounting is transforming financial decision-making
The UK financial sector is embracing a transformative challenge: carbon accounting. As sustainability reporting evolves from a voluntary exercise to a regulatory imperative, financial institutions are seizing the opportunity to streamline their approach to measuring, reporting and managing their carbon footprint.
Opinion par " Lennon Harding-Wade
16.10.2024
AI apprehension: How business leaders can navigate AI risks & harness opportunities for global success
If AI is on your mind, you are not alone. Business leaders say repercussions of using AI technology incorrectly keeps them up at night, with two-thirds of executives reporting that their key concern is financial consequences, according to recent research from G-P.
Opinion par " Nat Natarajan
09.10.2024
AI apprehension: How business leaders can navigate AI risks & harness opportunities for global success
Recipe for success: what any founder can learn from the golden rules of restaurant design…
You don’t need to be a foodie to have noticed how quickly eating establishments seem to come and go these days. A notoriously saturated market with slim operating margins means that only the best can survive. And with a decades-long career designing restaurants, I’ve witnessed everything from businesses establishing a twelve-month waiting list to those that fold within that same time frame.
Opinion par " Tony Matters
08.10.2024
Recipe for success: what any founder can learn from the golden rules of restaurant design…
Brands, you need to be looking for the micromoments
Culture is currency right now. It’s how brands are gaining relevancy, winning loyalty and building longevity. But if you wait for trends to emerge you’ll have missed the moment. Look at how fast Skims moves, partnering with Jude Bellingham just days before the start of this summer’s Euros. Or tapping Bridgerton star Nicole Coughlan to lead its campaign as the latest series dropped.
Opinion par " Steve Pearce
03.10.2024

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