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Human Leadership & Transformation
Leveraging blockchain for financial inclusion
Recently, the UNICEF Innovation Fund announced seven start-ups will receive equity-free investments in USD and/or cryptocurrency, as well as year-long…
2 July 2021 | 3 minute read
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Human Leadership & Transformation
Why LGBT+ inclusion is a key to long-term success in business
According to recent studies, 40% of LGBTQ employees are not out at work, with over half of these respondents wishing…
1 July 2021 | 5 minute read
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Technology & Society
The smartness of cities lies in its citizens
The pandemic has had an unintended consequence: cities, especially larger ones, which were once revered and desirable suddenly became undesirable.…
29 June 2021 | 4 minute read
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Technology & Society
Privacy in the face of IoT
The very purpose of connected objects is to collect personal data, inhabit the private worlds of their users and act…
28 June 2021 | 5 minute read
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A SPAC dream come true?
WeWork’s case is just another example showing that Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) are a hot trend in finance, “changing…
23 June 2021 | 5 minute read
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Technology & Society
Better, more inclusive education: how will edtech reinvent the way we learn
Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet is the CEO and co-founder of EdTechX, an investment platform specialised in educational technology (edtech). He is also…
23 June 2021 | 8 minute read
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Technology & Society
How can big data help to understand, apprehend and control a pandemic?
The history of humanity is so closely linked to that of infectious diseases and epidemics that it is possible to…
22 June 2021 | 8 minute read
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Innovation & Entrepreneurship
“Deep tech can have a profound effect on the future of our civilization”
Deep technology (deep tech/deeptech) or hard tech is defined as “technology that is based on tangible engineering innovation or scientific…
21 June 2021 | 4 minute read
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Future of Work & Learning
3 motivational levers behind Gen Z’s choices in the workplace
The Gen Z workforce has a very clear idea of what is to be considered valuable in one’s life. When…
11 June 2021 | 6 minute read
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