Job Creation and Workforce Development

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The Global Skills Gap: Bridging the Great Divide

Global organizations in every sector are struggling to find talent with the most in-demand skills. The issue is pervasive and current: One McKinsey report said 87 percent of companies worldwide “have a skills gap, or expect to within a few...
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Capital Deployment: The Four Things We Need to Do This Decade to Get Climate Right

The first few weeks of November 2021 have been (hopefully) consequential for the future of climate change. COP26 brought a flurry of pledges and commitments. More than $130 trillion in financial assets have been pledged to align with the...
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Dan Carol

Senior Director, Milken Institute Finance
Dan Carol is a senior director on the Milken Institute Finance team. He leads Institute programming to accelerate effective deployment and financing of community-scale and climate resilient infrastructure, scale up regional innovation, and scale-up public-private partnerships.

Young People Are Crucial to Green Recovery Plans

COVID was a storm that the entire world weathered, but no two individuals experienced the storm in the same boat. Although the virus did not respect national borders, spreading like wildfire across the globe, there were factors like...
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Gianfranco Casati

Chief Executive, Accenture Growth Markets (Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East, South Africa)
Banking’s Back-to-Office Balancing Act
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Banking’s Back-to-Office Balancing Act

We’re entering a pivotal moment for the modern workplace. Eighteen months after lockdown, employers have mostly decided when, how, and how many employees may come back into their workspaces. Many are experimenting with a hybrid mix of...
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Mohit Joshi

President, Infosys Limited
The Future of Work Means Embracing ‘FATE’
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The Future of Work Means Embracing ‘FATE’

The global workplace is on the cusp of a new era. Some of the forces behind this revolution—digital technology, shifting demographics, and new beliefs around inclusion and equity—have been building for years. The pandemic provided the spark...
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John Graham

President and CEO, CPP Investments
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Leading with Empathy: The Competitive Advantage

In conversations with the CEOs of some of the world’s biggest multinationals, a topic keeps coming up that would have been unthinkable even a few years ago. What once might have prompted more than a few eye-rolls in the boardroom is now...
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Jane Fraser

President, Citigroup and CEO, Global Consumer Banking, Citi
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