August 23, 2024 Corporations could be better champions of racial equity, research shows Recent trends suggest more corporations are providing goods and services at a reduced rate in addition to donations, rather than solely giving money to communities. BY Associated Press Forward Through Ferguson has made its mark on its community and the St. Louis region … Continue reading Corporations could be better champions of racial equity, research shows
The UA 360 shutdown is weeks away. Here’s why big companies still haven’t wrapped up their transition and what you can learn from it. Constantine von Hoffman on May 28, 2024 On July 1, 2024, Universal Analytics 360 will shut down. The API will no longer be accessible and all data will be deleted. … Continue reading Time’s running out: Why major corporations haven’t completed GA4 migration
By Wilfred Chan May 05, 2023 AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, a 75-year-old computer scientist known as “the Godfather of AI,” has made waves this week after resigning from Google to warn that AI could soon surpass humans in intelligence and learn how to destroy humanity on its own. But Hinton’s warnings, while dire, … Continue reading Researcher Meredith Whittaker says AI’s biggest risk isn’t ‘consciousness’—it’s the corporations that control them
By David M. Brennan December 09, 2022 While the pandemic presented a host of challenges for the economy, something remarkable happened to workers who were able to maintain employment during that period: Their wages rose . . . significantly. In 2020, the median weekly wage rose $21 per week in one year. For context, … Continue reading Corporations are incentivized to keep wages low—worker cooperatives could help
Michelle Delgado — December 17, 2018 Follow @clutch_co — December 17, 2018 It’s cool to be kind, according to today’s workers. Ask employees what they value most, and 93% will tell you that it’s important their company upholds high ethical standards. This is good news for mission-driven companies and even better news for certified B … Continue reading Why Employees’ Top Values Are Good News for Certified B Corporations
An Accenture study ties $180 billion in revenue losses to declines in trust across 54 percent of companies in its index. Greg Sterling on November 5, 2018 It turns out that trust has a dollar value for corporations; a loss of trust can impact corporate growth and profitability. Accenture has published a provocative new study … Continue reading Study finds decline in ‘trust’ costs corporations billions in profits
Shanon Marks — November 24, 2016 Follow @madebyshanon— November 24, 2016 In a world crunched for time, speed is the ultimate competitive advantage. It’s why a small, lean startup with little cash can compete with (and sometimes replace) established corporations with seemingly unlimited resources. Everyone is starting to realize this, yet examples of organizational drag … Continue reading Design Thinking Lets Corporations Compete With Startups
by Savino Longo November 20, 2015November 20, 2015 Before joining Kapost, I spent two years as a marketing manager at a world renowned company with over 40,000 employees worldwide—a goliath in its industry. When my former colleagues heard that I was leaving to join a startup many said, “You have a lot of ideas that … Continue reading What Corporations Can Learn From Startups
Luis Salazar & Brad Stevens The hourly job market is the bedrock of the American workforce, 76 million members strong. While the growth in retail and hospitality positions, representing one third of these jobs, is pacing our economic recovery, the sector still spends an astonishing $ 1 billion annually on hiring. A thought provoking question: … Continue reading Why Do Corporations Pay Billions Annually on Inefficient Hiring?
