One of the pillars of agile ways of working is team collocation. Study after study shows that teams that work together in the same place report higher productivity and effectiveness and better decision making. So, what happens when a disruption such as coronavirus renders collocation inadvisable if not impossible? Can team members working in remote locations still be agile?
The UN Secretary General Briefing Note presents a study of the impact of COVID-19 on populations already vulnerable before the crisis, such as illegal migrants, migrant workers with unstable livelihoods, or those working in the informal economy.
In the context of the global reboot triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, EY experts in their research suggest the concept of EY Megatrends to today’s leaders as a basis for perceiving the unprecedented changes and for updating their development strategy.
In the article «Financial and economic crises of recent decades and their impact on the Russian economy» experts of the PRIME Economic Information Agency note that the economic crisis cannot be prevented, but there are ways to mitigate its impact on the country’s economy.
The first meeting of the Arctic Council’s Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG), chaired by Russia, took place from 26–28 October in a hybrid format in Moscow. The event was hosted by the Roscongress Foundation.
