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FROM TECHNICAL SKILLS TO OUR VOCATION AND SENSE OF MISSION Profile Jorge Sousa has more than twenty years of experience in information technologies, namely in the areas of data science, and in particular in the fields of SAP Analytics, in which he has specialized in the most diverse sectors of activity: from health to retail,
TEMPORARY INSANITY IN INVESTMENTS? Last October 3, Apple reached its maximum price, 233.47 USD, valuing the company at 1.121 trillion dollars. Exactly 3 months later, it had lost 40% of that value, each share amounted to 142 dollars. The S&P 500, the world's biggest stock index, fell about 20 percent. In December,
HOW CAN WE CONTRIBUTE TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT? It all starts with defining sustainability. This definition has evolved over the years. They come from the Latin term "sustentare" which means to sustain, conserve, support, defend. The Bruntland Report in 1987 presented sustainable development as "development that meets present needs without compromising the ability of
TALENT MANAGEMENT: IN PORTUGAL AND IN THE WORLD After a few years of working in human resources consulting, we realized that managing people is something that can be done transversally in different countries. After working in 3 very different contexts (Mozambique, Hong Kong and Myanmar), I consolidated my perception. In general, companies, at an
RGPD SOME ESSENTIAL ISSUES! Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, commonly known as the RGPD, entered into force on 25 May 2018. The Regulation was corrected for material errors on 05/23/2018. The RGPD lays down rules on the protection of personal data. It does not
IN THE FUTURE, COMPANIES WILL BE TECHNOLOGICALLY SMARTER! Profile Miguel Pina Martins is founder and CEO of Science4You. Graduated in Finance at ISCTE, with a Masters in Management from the same institution. After a brief visit to investment banking, he officially founded Science4you S.A. - a Portuguese company of scientific and educational toys in
In a transforming World! I am a journalist. That’s what I do for a living. It’s my purpose. It started a year or so after I started working at a local radio station, which at that time, had a significant audience. That was when I started working for the television. The radio was
WHEN THEY HAVE TRULY LOST EVERYTHING, WHAT CAN YOU DO? Throughout the last five years, I have had limitless opportunities with EM (Experience Mission) to volunteer around the world. What started as an internship in the mountains of Appalachia, West Virginia, then led to spending six months in the Caribbean countries of Haiti, Jamaica,
Sustainable investment: with emotion or reason? Making large investments usually requires a somewhat rigorous analysis of the costs and benefits. In the medium to long term and high sustainability demanding contexts, the balance between emotion and reason gains a special place when making decisions. From the moment the land was bought, in 2010, to
Seven qualities a leader should have A company’s success depends largely on its representative’s leadership skills. Their positioning is crucial for the team or firm to develop – which is not always an easy task. A leader will always have a team formed by heterogeneous people with their own interests and knowledge. He/she will
