The World's Most Innovative Countries

https://www.statista.com/chart/18804/rankings-of-the-global-innovation-index/?utm_source=Statista+Newsletters&utm_campaign=a688b501ae-All_InfographTicker_daily_COM_AM_KW29_2021_Mo_COPY&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_662f7ed75e-a688b501ae-314823433 https://www.globalinnovationindex.org/gii-2021-report#

Best Workplaces in Europe 2021: 11 εταιρείες από την Ελλάδα στις καλύτερες της Ευρώπης

Best Workplaces in Europe 2021: 11 εταιρείες από την Ελλάδα στις καλύτερες της Ευρώπης https://csrnews.gr/49073/best-workplaces-in-europe-2021-11-%ce%b5%cf%84%ce%b1%ce%b9%cf%81%ce%b5%ce%af%ce%b5%cf%82-%ce%b1%cf%80%cf%8c-%cf%84%ce%b7%ce%bd-%ce%b5%ce%bb%ce%bb%ce%ac%ce%b4%ce%b1-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b9%cf%82-%ce%ba

What Remote Work Does to Companies (Morning Brew)

If it feels like you haven’t caught up with anyone on your company’s sales team in months, you’re not alone. Remote work is causing companies to become islands of business units with few connections between them, according to a new study from Microsoft researchers. The study, which explored the communication patterns of more than 61,000 Microsoft employees during the Covid-19 pandemic, found a significant decrease in collaboration between teams, causing networks to become “static and siloed, with fewer bridges between the disparate parts.” The researchers also found a decrease in “synchronous” communication (meetings, video calls) and an increase in “asynchronous” communication (emails, instant messages). Why it matters: Less interaction across teams may lead to less new information shared, especially complex ideas. Zoom out: The research was published as most of the country’s biggest tech companies push off a return to the office in light of the Delta variant. Microsoft itself just announced it will postpone its office return date indefinitely.

Amazon and the Importance of Treating Employees Right at a Customer-Centric Organization (BAIN AND COMPANY)

https://www.netpromotersystem.com/insights/amazon-and-the-importance-of-treating-employees-right-at-a-customer-centric-organization-linkedin/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=mkto&utm_campaign=OPT-q3-loyalty-insights-2021-09-10&utm_term=amazon-and-the-importance-of-treating-employees-right-at-a-customer-centric-organization-linkedin&mkt_tok=NTQ1LU9GVy0wNDQAAAF_buA5eYFRDggBvBr3ki9dg8Rb2lO0fyf5juW7hYfMbFBl8wtD3a9ohKe7eycd_46F38a5dqU8nCVNvlsKh7iRaTB-qU_CQEwz6avD2FY2Ke4AOdk

Robo Recruiters Have a Patchy Track Record (MORNING BREW)

https://www.hbs.edu/managing-the-future-of-work/Documents/research/hiddenworkers09032021.pdf Robo Recruiters Have a Patchy Track Record Waiting to hear back for a job interview? Your résumé might never have gotten into human hands. Popular software used by companies to screen job applicants has filtered out more than 10 million potential employees, new Harvard Business School research shows. How does the tech work? An automatic screener largely relies on “negative” logic to reduce the size of the applicant pool. Résumés—even those of well-qualified candidates—can get lost in a black hole because of things like a gap in the applicant’s employment history, a lack of certain credentials, or keywords that don’t match up with the job description. Some of those keywords might not seem obvious. Hospitals set “computer programming” as a keyword when they look for registered nurses who can enter patient data into a computer, Joseph Fuller, Harvard’s lead researcher for the study, explained to the WSJ. Why it matters: 99% of Fortune 500 companies and 75% of the US employers Harvard surveyed use an automated scanner to initially filter applicants. While there are 10 million job openings in the US that employers desperately want to fill, automated hiring systems are excluding viable candidates. – SQ

The 32 Companies Leading for Their Workers by Industry (Just Capital)

https://justcapital.com/news/the-best-companies-for-workers-by-industry/

What if the Coronavirus Crisis Is Just a Trial Run? (The New York Times Sept. 1, 2021)

https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-on-shutdown-keynes-and https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/opinion/covid-pandemic-global-economy-politics.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur

Why aren’t successful people happier?

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Why-arent-successful-people-happier?utm_source=itw&utm_medium=itw20210902&utm_campaign=resp