As a 30-year HR and workforce management expert, a former global chief diversity & inclusion officer for several major organizations, and a certified leadership coach, I speak from experience when I say that training is not the cure to responding to poor decisions made by management, or to public outrage…
Every 15 seconds, somewhere in the world, a worker is killed and another 150 are injured. A new international project has estimated that work-related accidents and illnesses account for 4% of the Global GDP. In the EU, this is EUR 476 billion every year. The cost of work-related cancers alone…
The serious consequences of a protracted economic war Since December 2018, an impermanent truce has kept the economic trade war between two of the biggest world economies from escalating. Amidst the preliminary agreement between POTUS and the Chinese President Xi Jinping, the United States put on hold the increase from…
According to an annual survey from the APA or American Psychological Association, 61 percent of individuals in the United States consider work one of the most common sources of stress. In fact, work ranked higher than violence and crime and the current political climate. Similar findings are reported in other…
What we refer to as Cyberspace is in fact the totality of interactions between people, services, software etc. on the Internet. Cyberspace as such, does not exist in any physical form, and thus it is often perceived as this abstract notion which signifies processes, actions and platforms, exchanges and online…
For all the tech enthusiasts or even sci-fi aficionados out there (and gamers – goes without saying), it’s a great time to be alive. Owning a Virtual Reality (VR) headset has been the dream of many (myself included). The concept of virtual reality and its application though, has been attempted…
Going to Egypt means stepping into history. You’ll be able to witness different centuries, cultures and eras through the monuments they have left and that you can surprisingly find in one district of a city. With magnificent Pharaonic temples, pyramids and the Nile River, Egypt is a lively destination which…
This article is divided in two parts. First, it guides you into thinking about cyber-resilience: What is it about? What are its characteristics and its differences with the more traditional cases of unavailability of information technologies? The second part proposes an exploration of responses through the development of a “Cyber…
‘’Design creates culture. Culture shapes values. Values determine the future.’’ – Robert L. Peters Realizing the advantages of design and visual marketing is essential in understanding the psychological learning processes of consumer towards effective visual marketing strategies. The internet has become an advanced advertising platform for digital communication marketers to…
I’m no math wizard. I’m a lawyer. So, you might be wondering why I am using a mathematical equation to discuss Organizational Culture. Culture Culture has been a buzzword in HR for the last decade. Indeed, there have been innumerable articles and studies discussing the concept of “change your culture,…
