Spreadsheet supplement to 622-011 and 622-050.

Founded in 2010, Worldreader was an international nonprofit organization that promoted reading to children around the world. For many years, Worldreader distributed e-readers to under-resourced communities and funded its operations primarily through philanthropic donations. In 2019, Worldreader launched the BookSmart mobile reading application, and soon thereafter came the idea of a new, self-perpetuating funding structure: the "flywheel." .....more

Stick to evidence-based recruiting.

More and more companies are relying on pricing algorithms to maximize profits. The use of artificial intelligence and machine learning enables real-time price adjustments based on supply and demand, competitors'' activities, delivery schedules, and so forth. But constant price shifts have a downside: They may trigger unfavorable perceptions of a firm''s offerings and its brand. It''s vital, therefore, to understand and manage .....more

The Economist opened 2021 with a cover story headlined "Why Retailers Everywhere Should Look to China." It''s not hard to see why. China is both a large and a fast-growing retail market--worth about $5 trillion in 2020--and highly digitized. And the pandemic has made digital every retailer''s strategic priority. The authors draw from their research on Chinese retailers to explain five lessons that Western companies can learn .....more

For years public concern about technological risk has focused on the misuse of personal data. But as firms embed more and more artificial intelligence in products and processes, attention is shifting to the potential for bad or biased decisions by algorithms--particularly the complex, evolving kind that diagnose cancers, drive cars, or approve loans. Inevitably, many governments will feel regulation is essential to protect consumers from that risk. .....more

To become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive, many companies have turned to unconscious bias (UB) training. By raising awareness of the mental shortcuts that lead to snap judgment--often based on race and gender--about people''s talents or character, it strives to make hiring and promotion fairer and improve interactions with customers and among colleagues. But most UB training is ineffective, research shows. The problem is, increasing .....more

Both practically and morally, corporate leaders can no longer sit on the sidelines of major societal shifts or treat human and planetary issues as "someone else''s problem." For their own good, they must play an active role in addressing our biggest shared challenges. The economy won''t thrive unless people and the planet are thriving. In this bold manifesto, consultant and author Andrew Winston and former Unilever CEO Paul .....more

The future of shopping in the post-covid world.

Ernst & Young (EY) is a global consortium of firms offering advisory, taxation, and audit services across all industries and countries. The People Advisory Services (PAS) team within EY specialized in advising their clients on all people-related systems and processes, including global mobility compensation and taxation. Amarpal Singh Chadha''s challenge, as the partner at EY PAS, lay in suggesting the most economical, compliant, and .....more