One of a pair of twin brothers dies. When a foolish student runs into the surviving twin, he asks, “Did you die, or was it your brother?” This joke comes from the Philogelos, the oldest existing collection of jokes, written 1,600 years ago. Most of them are quite childish or …
People are calling it the Great Resignation, a phenomenon that describes huge numbers of employees exiting their jobs and changing their lifestyles, careers and working habits following the COVID-19 pandemic. In the wake of this trend, companies are coming up with new ways to navigate these uncharted waters. The result …
Not long ago, Sybil, who’s an Assurance Director at PwC Luxembourg, posted several pictures on her Linkedin account of our new satellite office in Mondorf. In her post, she described how good it was to work in such a great environment and thanked the teams behind the project. Oriane, Strategy& …
Lately we’ve been hearing and reading the sentence “change is the only constant” a lot! As we know, this saying is bigger than just the context of the pandemic. It’s also tied to speedy technological developments and modern life itself and brings with it the need for trust—among us, in …
If you do a quick search, you will easily find a multitude of definitions of the word culture, depending on the context. For the purpose of this blog, let’s go with the one from the Merriam-Webster dictionary that says culture is “the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices …
This blog isn’t like the others and we purposely wanted it so. We interviewed John Parkhouse, our CEO, on a Thursday afternoon, one of those scattered sunny days of summer 2021. This is the story and the podcast as well. ***** Thursday afternoon. Mary is about to go on holiday. …
Historically, gratitude has always been studied with people facing each other. But over the last 15 months or so, in the midst of a pandemic that may be fading but refuses to go away, we have had little or limited direct contact. Then, the fief of digital communication —videoconferences, voice messaging, …
A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead, wrote the English novelist Graham Greene. Leaders preparing for tomorrow’s workforce face a world where the old preconceptions do not apply. Yesterday’s assumptions about how workers …
Diversity at the workplace goes beyond hiring people with different characteristics; it’s about ensuring everyone feels welcome, safe and accepted. To be truly inclusive, every diversity dimension must be taken into consideration but certain, sometimes, need more attention. This article focuses on why including LGBTQ+ talent matters. Can we manage …
In a competitive job market, transparency around progress on diversity can strengthen the brand with customers and potential recruits. Having diversity in points of view helps leaders think through the best course of action for their situation. How high is gender diversity on CEO’s agendas and where do we stand …
