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The Future. Looking ahead to the next five years, Gen Z ranks being personally fulfilled, cultivating and maintaining friendships, and traveling as more important goals than advancing their education. This may prove (at least among younger generations) that life experience really is the best teacher… and investment. School’s outBusiness Insider and YouGov conducted a survey […]
The Future. 2023 saw the expansion of our collective business jargon, with funny words and phrases for various forms of disengagement breaking out on social media. If workers want help setting boundaries or being more productive in less time, then they may not need to look further than Instagram or TikTok for inspiration. Language mattersFast […]
The Future. Despite the negativity surrounding the 2023 economy, things have turned out better than expected. The “looming recession” never arrived, pandemic-disrupted supply chains straightened out, inflation cooled, labor shortages waned, and consumers kept opening their wallets. While the US economy hasn’t returned to normalcy just yet, it appears to be healing from the chaos […]
The Future. As recession fears still grip business leaders and companies begin replacing workers with AI, we can expect to see more job cuts across industries next year. While this appears to be grim news, the silver lining may be that organizational changes could eliminate unnecessary complexity at the workplace. Less is more?38% of business […]
The Future. Most people would rather buy products and services as they go but still sign up for subscriptions because companies don’t give them much choice. If the subscription model limits options, it could ultimately reinforce economic inequities, as only the most profitable customers might be able to shell out for subscriptions in the long […]
The Future. 2023 marks the 99th anniversary of Black Friday, but what was once a one-day event has extended well beyond 24 hours, sometimes stretching several weeks. With consumers pointing out many holiday sales begin as soon as Halloween wraps up, Black Friday could be obsolete within 20 years. A month-long “shopping day”Black Friday, the […]
The Future. Despite 2023 turning out to be the hottest year on record, farmers have been able to maintain production — for now. As the global average temperature is expected to rise, extreme weather could burn or drown more of our food supply, raising the prices of what’s on our plates as a result. Making […]
The Future. During the pandemic, Gen Zers engaged with cleaning in a way they hadn’t done before, giving rise to #CleanTok (currently the largest community on TikTok). Now, TikTok and Unilever are partnering on two campaigns — the #CleanTok Awards that honors creators and an animated video series that reimagines Unilever products as soap opera […]
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The Future. Even as many companies fall victim to retail theft, their workers believe they could be doing more to safeguard their merchandise… and more importantly, their employees. If companies don’t invest more resources in asset protection, they might have to make up for their losses by cutting staff and employee hours or jacking up […]