Based on the most-read articles in the first half of 2023, readers of MIT Sloan Management Review (wegg is one of them) seem keen to address remote work, managing hybrid teams and hybrid culture. Tools for improvement can be found in articles on skills-based culture change,
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For those not up to speed on understanding the relevance and importance of practicing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this teaching guide provided by the United Nations gives an excellent introduction and historical background on SDGs.
Key questions along with primary resources are provided to facilitate comprehension and engage people critically and clearly analyze the progress that has been made regarding this topic on a micro level.
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Seven months into the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond the turbulent ride the coronavirus has put the whole world on, the World Economic Forum says it has specifically thrown a spotlight on and sharply exacerbated inequalities globally – significantly impacting progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline.
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Female entrepreneurship is on the rise globally. Find out why.
Everyone knows the classic adage, “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.”
But wegg® knows, “Give a woman a fish, and you feed her for a day.
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Panelists at the recent World Trade Organization’s Public Forum event in Geneva, chaired by UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General Isabelle Durant, asked which data were necessary for formulating gender-responsive trade policies and how to improve their availability.
Analysis of global value chains – the complex international supply and manufacturing chains along which modern goods pass – can show the important part played by women in global trade but which is missed by trade statistics alone.
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Our next wegginar® presenter is Katie Kollhoff, CEO of water purification startup NUMiX, a business with rich marketplace potential. In just six months, here’s what Katie and her team has achieved:
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In a recent East Asia Forum article, “Unleashing the capabilities of women-led SMEs in Indonesia,” author Naimah Talib reports that 43 percent of the 26 million small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia are women led or women owned (WSMEs). Not only do these WSMEs make up for ten percent of the country’s GDP,
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Dalene Wray, Managing Director of OBE Organic, an Australian company specializing in organic beef, wins the Women in Export Scholarship
Ms. Wray has pioneered sustainability and disease management programs, aimed at boosting farmer productivity,
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Many people think that if you can build a case on global diversity, things will shift and improve. That’s not necessarily true. The reality is that a lot more work needs to be done.
In the interview below with McKinsey’s Rik Kirkland,
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