John Bremen is a guest contributor for Forbes.com, writing on topics including connected risks, the future of work, leadership strategy, compensation and benefits, ESG and sustainable strategies that support productivity and business success. Stay current on these and other topics with his regular columns.
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In elastic innovation, failing fast is learning fast
When it comes to elastic innovation, leaders increasingly talk about the concept of “failing fast.” The most effective leaders shift that mindset to “learning fast" through five actions.
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Solving the global gender wealth equity gap
Despite an increased focus on DEI as part of ESG commitments, women worldwide are expected to have significantly lower accumulated wealth than men at retirement. Here's why.
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The role of people and innovation during inflation and recession
During a time when inflationary pressures and recession concerns disrupt markets, elastic innovation continues to propel change while also creating stability and organizational resilience.
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Why the pushback on ESG is good for ESG
Stakeholders are taking steps to make ESG efforts more consistently tangible, meaningful and measurable. Effective leaders take seven actions to evolve ESG sophistication.
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Managing talent shortages, inflation and recession concerns at the same time
On top of current challenges created by talent shortages and rising costs, many economists predict the potential for a global recession. Future-seeking leaders are preparing by taking eight actions.
View more articles in the series:
- Leadership lessons from returning to in-person meetings
- Connecting ESG, DEI and risk
- Why salary increases do not keep pace with inflation
- Reimagining work, pay and benefits during major crises and the Great Resignation
- Early business leadership lessons from the Ukraine crisis
- Connecting risk and resilience for sustainable growth
- Four leadership actions to create stability in 2022 using elastic innovation
- Learning to live with risks: Endemic, talent shortages, climate and geopolitics
- 2022 forward look: The future of risk, Omicron, The Great Resignation, hybrid work, ESG and more
- 2021 in review: Leadership lessons from Delta, Omicron, The Great Resignation and climate impact
- Leading through Omicron, The Great Resignation and other high-impact risks
- Use culture to fight wage inflation and skill shortages during The Great Resignation
- Don’t blame the millennials: The demographics causing talent shortages and The Great Resignation
- People, risk and capital: Lead out of the current crisis, not the last one
- More leadership actions to tackle The Great Resignation
- Future-focused leadership roles to accelerate growth and sustainability while reducing risk
- Advancing ESG by connecting and measuring people, risk and capital
- Reducing talent risk through workplace dignity
- Protecting and leading through the Delta variant and beyond
- Transforming "The Great Resignation" into "The Great Hire"
- Getting real about hybrid and remote work
- Leading to the future, not the past
- Elastic innovation to thrive amid disruption
