Careerist, arrogant and not even that bright: that’s how many see the man in charge. And yet, he seems to be the only one able to get the little blue bird in the air
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The Israeli city is a Smart Cities Award-winner and the beating heart of the scale-up nation . Its innovative ideas, including its management of public spaces, attracts mayors and investors from all over the world.
In his new book, the CEO of Nesta discusses the collaborative crossroads between human skills and the power of machines. He believes collective intelligence can help us conquer economic, environmental and social challenges.
The figures speak for themselves: Nine jobs in every ten have a fixed term. This is a widespread trend throughout the Western world and it seems difficult to stop it. But really, facilitating transition between jobs and implementing universal welfare would boost employability
How can we gain an understanding of which cultural trends are happening in the world right now? And what will be tomorrow’s big thing? This book describes to us the trend hunter’s toolkit
From Hangzhou, the new cradle of Chinese high-tech, to Lagos, the heart of developing Africa: five unusual cities for visiting the frontier of economic development
The holidays are starting, and between swimming and eating out, reading a good book is a nice way to break the tedium. Why not pick an essay on work to do so? Among unusual stories and thoughts on main world systems, you won’t get bored
Funds are reduced, there are fewer lecturers and students: here is Professor Gianfranco Viesti’s suggestion to change higher education in Italy and place guarantees on the right to study
There are 45,513 Italian beekeepers in a sector worth over 2 million. Honey consumption is increasing, yet production is falling as a result of climate change and disease. Technology, however, could be a source of support for the future of this profession
Technological advancement is a multifaceted matter, explains physicist Massimo Caccia. That is why it is important to compare the stakeholders and subjects involved in the main processes involved, especially now that the advance of technology is about to change lives
The book by Dickson Tang entitled Leadership for future of work. Nine ways to build career edge over robots with human creativity reports on the danger of obsolescence to which the human workforce will be exposed and it offers a solution; concentrate on human characteristics that cannot be substituted
This is the conviction of Scott Westfahl, guru of legal training and director of executive education at Harvard Law School, the most esteemed law faculty in the world
Our country should stop selling cars with diesel or petrol engines by 2035 and switch to electric cars. New skills, new professional profiles and more research will be needed
“Psychology and the Good Life”, taught by Laurie Santos at Yale, has become the most popular course in the history of the prestigious American university. Yet there is no shortage of examples in Italy as well
Software developers, engineers and computer scientists will be leading the first phase of creating a virtual reality for avatars. But eventually a detailed world will have to be created, and this will only be possible with architects, designers, mathematicians and many other professional profiles.