Greening The Grid Is Sustainability Step One – But How? The decarbonization of the power grid is a core step in building a sustainable, climate-friendly economy. Indeed, US president Joe Biden has put having an emissions-free electricity sector by 2035 at the heart of his climate agenda. Emissions-free power is the foundation of
Banking In A Post-Pandemic World – What To Expect Banks had an unprecedented year in 2020. In a matter of months, they transformed into almost fully digital operations with remote workers delivering services from their homes. To support them, regulators eased capital requirements and provided liquidity, and banks were able to play a
Virtual Onboarding: Delivering A Meaningful Experience In a previous article published on the Intuition blog, the underpinning principles of virtual onboarding best practices were explained. This article builds on the information in that piece, explaining how a meaningful virtual onboarding experience can be provided to new hires despite their virtual location, considering
Virtual Onboarding Best Practices: 5 Underpinning Principles The world of onboarding has been turned on its head over the past year, increasing the importance of virtual onboarding best practices. In 2020, with an aggressive shift to virtual, firms were forced to develop and execute onboarding programs with the aim of simply surviving
Tough New Sustainability Rules Are Here – Is Your Company Ready? On March 10, 2021, the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) came into force. The SFDR – which forms part of the broader EU action plan for sustainable finance – is aimed at promoting disclosures related to sustainability issues. The overall goal is
Burned by GameStop: Lessons for Low-Cost Trading Platforms From “GameStonk” The rise and fall of GameStop dominated headlines in late January – an apparent David-and-Goliath story of small retail investors taking on hedge fund titans. As regulators and traders survey the fallout from the GameStop spike, however, a different story is emerging, with
Banking As A Digitized Network The foundations of financial transactions, regulations, and assurances have remained unchanged, with burdensome and labour-intensive documentation processes required to minimize risk and provide assurances. International trade finance is the underlying core of the global financial system and one area that garners significant friction. The production and movement of
How You Can Create A More Diverse & Inclusive Workplace A multitude of research has made it extremely clear that organizations with more diverse workforces perform better. The rational is that diverse companies are often thought of as being better positioned to acquire top talent, improve customer orientation, satisfaction and
How To Create Memorable Presentations In this article, you will learn how to create a memorable presentation, one capable of conveying a key message and making it stick. You will also learn how to keep the attention of an audience over time. Continue reading for more. In what is now globally known as the
Gamestop, Wall St Bets And Robinhood – What Happened & Why? In January we had a curious situation involving Gamestop stock. The underlying stock GME, was on the face of it unlikely to be the center of such a wild move. GME is a bricks and mortar retail video and games
