The future after Corona in Germany (and in other countries)

I’m just thinking back to January this year. The new year has just started and the Covid 19 pandemic is not yet relevant in Germany. Everything is going well, the economy is booming and politicians spread good mood. A few weeks later, everything is different. Exit restrictions, economic worries, people with masks. Now everything as slowly returning to normal. But

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Explaining Jamaica’s logistics centred economy An exercise in Digital Storytelling

If you were asked to Explain Jamaica’s logistics centred economy? What would your answer be? I will admit, it is not an easy question to answer.  However, here is my attempt. What is a logistics centred economy? How about you, what would your answer be? More importantly why should you care? In a word: opportunity. Being able to explain what Jamaica’s

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The disruption of the financial industry

Note: This article is a collective work by the futurologist Jens Hansen and digital expert Carsten Lexa. Digitization brings us disruptions in a wide variety of industries. Newspaper publishers, video rental companies, retailers, bookstores — all have already undergone a major transformation. The change in the retail business for books was particularly bad especially in the USA. In 2011 the

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10 innovative solutions for fighting crime and violence The law as a economic development tool

Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control.  – Steven Pinker Violence is sadly a part of the human condition but so too is peace and conflict resolution. Finding practical, pragmatic, innovative workable solutions to the former through the latter is one of the pressing issues

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A case for skills based volunteering Solving the lack of work experience riddle

January 2018 has been a very interesting month. I am not one to easily back away from challenges that will stretch my abilities, especially those  that I have created myself.  Welcome to the Vocational Service Challenge – #vocationalservicechallenge – a month long demonstration of volunteerism of service above self through the use of skills honed in ones career. The rules of the

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The one thing you must do to compete in this globalized world Connect, Connect, Connect...global value chains and logistics

Competitiveness, in our globalized world, be it as an individual or business or nation-state, is  increasingly based ones ability to understand, connect  and maneuver within and between the various networks that make the world work.  Now you understand why global value chains (GVC) and logistics are two obsessions of mine.   Related Posts:The Top 20 Business Trends to look for

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