Something changed over the last few months—for the country, women, and for Tina Brown. The former Vanity Fair and New Yorker editor is putting on her eighth Women In The World summit this week, which features panels and speeches from some of the most accomplished women in the news. But this year is different.

“We’ve seen a feminist rejuvenation,” Brown says. “What is interesting and has been so fascinating to see is how Hillary Clinton’s loss motivated women in a way that her run never really did.”
Brown says that the current political situation is only one part of the complex state Read More

Source:: Fast Company

In the honeymoon period of a new job, any and everything feels possible. You’re meeting new people, settling into your office, and the luster surrounding the work that you’ll be doing is as radiant as ever. Colleagues invite you to lunch, onboarding meetings abound, and your boss still cannot believe that they managed to land a talent quite like you.
While it may seem like the work world is your oyster in the first month of a new gig, there are some limits. Sure, you’re the new kid on the block and the team is lucky to have you, but this Read More

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Don’t just tell employees why training is important — show them: Use hands-on learning that connects your content to real-world business situations.

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The wave of migrants that has streamed into Germany from the Middle East, Africa and Asia over the past couple of years could either offer relief to the graying workforce in Europe’s largest economy or become a burden on the nation’s generous welfare system.
The economic impact will hinge on the country’s ability to narrow the skills gap between its population and the refugees, according to a paper from Germany’s central bank. Germany won’t lose out in economic terms by taking steps to boost the skill- and qualification levels of refugees, the paper says, but the costs of failing to integrate Read More

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The solar industry now provides more jobs than coal, and pays its workers better, but that didn’t stop Donald Trump from citing “job-killing regulations” among his reasons for signing an executive order to roll back President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan.
Most of the world howled in opposition, since the Clean Power Plan (like the Paris climate agreement) was designed to help save us all from dying on a polluted desert planet. But one group in New Zealand, at least, is taking immediate action–by encouraging the planting of new forests everywhere, and naming it after the climate change-denying leader of the Read More

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