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What is the business protocol in times of social distancing? The times we go through are very challenging for those who are responsible for organizing events in your company. Until the pandemic passes or allows us to live without the present movement limitation, there are many questions we have to ask before deciding
We will reopen businesses, and then? In future times nothing will be like it used to. We will keep being women and men doing our jobs, producing, selling, and recovering from an unseen crisis since the II World War. In those times, the enemy was known, the sound of bombs was ordinary and the
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
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,
BRAND ACTIVISM: A NEW TOOL FOR GLOBAL SOCIAL CHANGE Thanks to the Millennials and Generation Z, brand purpose has gotten a great deal of recent attention. Studies from ad agencies, management consulting firms, and recruiting firms have all revealed the importance of clearly articulating the aspirational, elevated vision of the brand’s reason for being
CAN WE TURN OFF OUR AUTO-PILOT? During my work, I always address the issue of fear of change caused by our ancestral fear of the unknown. Since we don’t control everything at all times, we fear not only death but also life. The unexpected is a constant for everyone. Many people live in auto-pilot
In The Energy Debate: Talking Straight! In the energy/climate discussion, we are sometimes very careful but hey, once in a while we have to talk straight in respect to some energy sources. Taking that into reflection, and being as I am an unpaid nuclear energy promoter, I propose to you a reflection on some
Coaching High Performance Teams: Relations Management People are really the differentiating factor of organizations, more so in the times when products and services are easily and quickly copied. Companies - and teams as a microsystem of companies - because they are made up of people, are inevitable stages of emotions that express themselves
PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS: WHO RECRUITS WHO? I have been pleased to see that there is a growing number of candidates questioning whether an organization fits its values. The latest news on unemployment rate data in Portugal led me to rethink the evolution of the area of recruitment and selection. Given the lack of
Machine Learning in captation and retention of talent! The Machine Learning application in people management is an opportunity to make the process of capturing and retaining talent increasingly efficient and effective. In fact, the action of Artificial Intelligence (AI) does not only increase the likelihood of finding a candidate, but can also
