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• AI is the defining technology of our time, creating a massive paradigm shift that will transform the way we #work with even greater impact than the introduction of the PC (some day of electricity!).
  
  Where we once had a bold vision of “a #computer on every desk and in every home” today, Microsoft wishes to see “a #copilot in the pocket of every person.”
  
  Microsoft’s Kathleen Hogan urges leaders to foster an agility-based #culture, reimagine how we #work, and invest in deeper #human #skills.

  

  Stella Ioannidou

  

  Microsoft’s Chief People Officer: here’s how workers can get the most out of AI

  Fast Company - BY Kathleen Hogan

  According to Kathleen Hogan, Chief People Officer at Microsoft, AI will have a greater impact how we work than the PC. AI is the defining technology of our time, creating a massive paradigm shift that will transform the way we work with even greater impact than the introduction of the PC. Where we …

• #Remote work has exploded since the #pandemic struck, and #employees like it.
  
  Still, after speaking to hundreds of #managers about this development, this #research highlights one concern that crops up again and again: The shift to remote work between front-line staff and highly paid professionals is highly #unequal.
  
  #Business leaders rightly worry that this divide could hurt #morale among front-line staff, undermine perceived fairness, and create new rifts in the #workforce.

  

  Stella Ioannidou

  

  Research: The Growing Inequality of Who Gets to Work from Home

  Harvard Business Review - Peter John Lambert, and Nicholas Bloom, and Steven Davis, and Stephen Hansen, and Yabra Muvdi, and Raffaella Sadun, and Bledi Taska

  There is a large and growing divide in terms of who gets to work from home. Research on job postings found that remote work is far more common for higher paid roles, for roles that require more experience, for full-time work, and for roles that require more education. Managers should be aware of …

• Artificial intelligence (#AI) will impact 60% of jobs in advanced #economies, #IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told AFP, shortly before departing for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
  
  "And then it goes down to 40%, for emerging markets, 26% for low-income countries," she added, referencing the IMF #report, which notes that overall, almost 40% of global employment is exposed to AI.
  
  Still, let’s not allow all this AI-hype to throw us off the bus. After all, the word “exposed” is not a synonym of the word “replaced”.

  

  Stella Ioannidou

  

  AI to impact 60% of advanced economy jobs, says IMF chief

  France 24 - NEWS WIRES

  Artificial intelligence (AI) will impact 60 percent of jobs in advanced economies, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told AFP, shortly before departing for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "Advanced economies, some emerging markets, are going to see 60 percent of their jobs …

• January: the month of “New Year Resolutions”. As a person who sets her annual resolutions in September and her intentions for the year in January, I felt like sharing an alternative read for this week.
  
  One that narrates that the future may not be rosier — you might never land that perfect job or make that “right” salary. And even if you do get what you think you want, it may not feel sufficient.
  
  This January, I recommend we all take a step back and reflect: maybe a simpler life is a better one. Maybe attuning to this much grace is the only resolution we need for this year (or any year)!

  

  Stella Ioannidou

  

  You don’t need everything you want

  Vox - Emily Stewart

  Our expectations around money are all out of whack. I am tired of talking about money. I recognize how that sounds, given that I talk about money for a living. Still, it feels like an inordinate number of conversations I’m involved in lately end up about how much more expensive everything is now …

• More and more #companies are looking to hire people with green skills and ‘green hiring’, as the latest LinkedIn report calls it, is up around 25 per cent compared to other industries.
  
  Electric vehicle manufacturing, batteries, green tech are expanding, but although green jobs are hiring, #skills are lacking to fill those roles!

  

  Stella Ioannidou

  

  Millions of green jobs are open to people with the right skills. The problem is many don’t have them

  Euronews - By Rosie Frost

  We spoke to LinkedIn co-founder Allen Blue on the sidelines of COP28 to find out how to prepare the world’s workforce for a green future. Tripling …

• Businesses are increasingly using #strategic foresight methodologies like #scenario planning to anticipate and address the escalating organizational uncertainties driven by #climate change, #global conflicts, and rapid #tech advancements.
  
  However, traditional approaches to scenario planning have some inherent shortcomings. Here’s how #GenAI can help!

  

  Stella Ioannidou

  

  Use GenAI to Improve Scenario Planning

  Harvard Business Review - Daniel J. Finkenstadt, and Tojin T. Eapen, and Jake Sotiriadis, and Peter Guinto

  Generative AI can help organizations overcome inherent shortcomings in conventional processes for performing contingency scenario planning. This article explores how the technology can do that and provides an example: a simulation that the authors conducted.