10 ARTICLES NOT TO MISS FROM SEPTEMBER 2020

From July 2019 onwards, I had decided to highlight the most interesting and inspiring articles that I found on LinkedIn each month in order to give them higher visibility. I took this decision due to findings on the current algorithm on LinkedIn, which is relevant with regard to highlighting the best posts but relatively weak while highlighting the best articles. I find these to be the result of a much more thorough approach, thereby creating a greater editorial added value. 

The themes for this month’s articles stress the need for collaboration, now more than ever in the current political and socio-economic climate. 

1)    PREPARING FOR THE NEW WORLD OF WORK IN A POST-COVID FUTURE, by Derek Bouwer (click here).

Founder and CEO of Forge Advisory, Derek Bouwer brings up the myriad questions that have been posed to us since the pandemic, concerning the changes in the way we work. He explores the risks that we now face and how we could possibly mitigate these risks. 

2)    FOUR STEPS TO ATTRACT, RECRUIT AND RETAIN A BENCH OF SUSTAINABLE LEADERS, by Clarke Murphy (click here) 

Clarke Murphy, CEO of Russell Reynolds makes a case for why sustainability is essential for business growth and value creation. He proposes that due to this, there is a company to take into account societal impact when strategizing ,and suggests four helpful tips to utilize while working towards this. 

3)   THE WORLD MAY BE HEADED FOR COLLABORATION FATIGUE JUST WHEN THE FUTURE OF WORK DEPENDS ON IT, by Alain  Dehaze (click here).

In this thought provoking article, Alain Dehaze (CEO of the Adecco Group) summarizes his thoughts on the need to collaborate more than ever at this time to determine the future of work, as well as the simultaneous movement towards collective fatigue the world currently faces. He stresses the need to collaborate in three particular areas in order to lay a stable future  as presented by him at the FU.SE 2020 Digital Conference held this week. 

4)    WHY MASTERING "BURDEN OF PROOF" IS ESSENTIAL FOR SMART BUSINESS DECISION-MAKING, by Shane Snow (click here) 

Through this article, Shane Snow points out, the ‘burden of proof’ is the obligation of a person making an assertion to provide sufficient justification for it. He points out the need for a responsible leader to be able to build the burden of proof or to have the intellectual humility to own up to the contrary. 

5)    ZOOM HAS TURNED INTO A GOLDMINE... FOR THE COSMETIC SURGERY INDUSTRY, by Martin Lindstrom (click here)  

Martin Lindstrom dedicates this report on consumer insights to the increase in plastic surgeries more than ever despite the pandemic. He attributes this to the usage of Zoom and other such platforms that replaces human interaction and forces us to be more self-aware of our habits and looks. 

6)    HOW THE CLIMATE CRISIS WILL CRASH THE ECONOMY, by Joel Makower (click here)  

Joel Makower describes the impact climate change will have in a different space – the financial climate. With a focus on the Unites States, he describes the likely economic impact of climate change, particularly on those who can least afford it.

7) POST-PANDEMIC TRANSFORMATION: BUILDING A MUTUALISTIC FUTURE, by Marina Gorgis (click here: https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/rising-from-covid-19-crisis-hopeful-lessons-fight-against-byanyima/ or click directly in the image below)

After the pandemic, what happens next? Marina Gorbis, Executive Director of the Institute for the Future, helps us take stock of our current situation and defines the need to reset expectations, change our existing systems and work towards a mutualist system for a sustainable future. Through this article, she describes how this will help us move away from destructive anti-mutualist systems and concrete actions through which this change can be brought about. 

8)    THE CORE FILE: THE LONGEST YEAR, CRAFTSMANSHIP & DOMINATING THE ROOM, by Marla Gottschalk (click here)  

Industrial psychologist Marla Gottschalk reflects on new beginnings, and how our work lives would potentially be affected if we were to choose an area of work and become an ‘apprentice’ in it, thereby allowing ourselves opportunities to learn anew and be innovative. 

9)    RISING FROM THE COVID-19 CRISIS: HOPEFUL LESSONS FROM THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV, by Winnie Byanyima  (click here) 

As executive director of UNAIDS, Winnie Byanyima shares learnings from the organization in AIDS response, and how these can be applied to COVID-19 response. She stresses the need for the world’s leaders to take politically difficult decisions in working towards a positive future. 

10) IT'S TIME TO TEACH COLLABORATION, by Adam Grant (click here)  

Organizational psychologist Adam Grant explores the chasm between our educational systems, which encourage individual achievement and our workforce systems, which emphasize the opposite. He supports his argument for the need for more collaboration and cooperation through overwhelming evidence from studies in psychology worldwide that prove that success is more likely through collaborative behavior. 

With this, we come to the end of the selection for this month. As always I would be happy to hear your opinion or to know of any articles, I may have missed in the comments section. I hope to see you next month with October's selection and until then, hope that you and your loved ones stay safe.