Industry Agenda

What companies gain by including persons with disabilities

By sharing success stories and showing how to build a more inclusive talent pipeline, we can quickly get more persons with disabilities into the workforce.

Chad Jerdee 23 Apr 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Professor Robot – why AI could soon be teaching in university classrooms

It’s said that automation will threaten more than 800 million jobs worldwide by 2030, including in higher education.

The Conversation 23 Apr 2019

Leadership

The three 'nightmare traits' at the heart of bad leadership

Disagreeable, dishonest and careless bosses can mean bad outcomes for organizations and work groups. However, new research highlights that the employees they work with also play a major r...

Tania FitzGeorge-Balfour · Frontiers 23 Apr 2019

Financial and Monetary Systems

5 charts on the vulnerabilities in the global economy - and why we should worry about them

If financial conditions remain easy for too long, vulnerabilities will continue to build, and the odds of a sharp drop in economic growth at some later point will be higher.

Tobias Adrian and Fabio M. Natalucci · IMF Direct 23 Apr 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

AI is going to change journalism – here’s how

Many of the largest and most reputable news outlets in the world are using or dabbling in artificial intelligence and, this year, the first AI female news anchor was debuted in China.

Knowledge@Wharton · Knowledge@Wharton 23 Apr 2019

Digital Economy and Society

5 things you need to know about creativity

It’s World Creativity Day on April 21. To celebrate, here are five facts about being creative and how important it is for the world.

Kate Whiting 18 Apr 2019

Leadership

People were asked which leadership traits are most important. What they said matters for gender equality

A new study reveals communal leadership traits — like being tolerant and cooperative — are viewed as desirable but ultimately superfluous add-ons. It's these traits that are generally lab...

Fabienne Eckert · Frontiers 18 Apr 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

Doctors say they've cured 10 infants of 'bubble boy' disease

The disease, which typically effects boys, is a genetic defect that leaves children without an immune system.

Gene Emery · Reuters 18 Apr 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

In the age of automation, we need to rethink well-being after work

In order to manage the latest wave of automation, we must have ends that are more compelling than merely wanting more products and services.

Robert Skidelsky · Project Syndicate 18 Apr 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

Scientists have revived basic cellular activity pigs' brains hours after death

Basic cellular activity in pigs’ brains has been restored hours after its death, by researchers at Yale University, which could lead to advanced human treatments for strokes.

Reuters 18 Apr 2019

Arts and Culture

5 historic building that were rebuilt to be just as spectacular

The destruction of Notre Dame cathedral is lamentable. A wonderful icon has been largely destroyed by fire. However, we should not despair, writes this Professor of Archaeology.

Claire Smith and Jordan Ralph · The Conversation 17 Apr 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Oil-eating microbes found in the deepest part of the ocean could help clean up man-made oil spills

Around 7 miles underwater, microbes have been found that feed on the hydrocarbons in crude oil.

Aylin Woodward · Business Insider 17 Apr 2019

Financial and Monetary Systems

Why we need a new and global approach to taxing big companies

The idea of a global corporate tax on multinationals' profits is gaining traction, believes Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Jayati Ghosh · Project Syndicate 17 Apr 2019

Social Media

These are the most popular social networks in the US

Despite controversy surrounding privacy, trust and hacking fears, social media use has remained statistically unchanged from where it stood in early 2018.

Andrew Perrin and Monica Anderson · Pew Research Center 17 Apr 2019

United States

The world's largest plane has made its first flight

With a wingspan the length of an American Football field, the plane, named Roc, took to the skies for the first time.

Dan Whitcomb · Reuters 17 Apr 2019

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