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✌️ How did a young hippie–entrepreneur build a business that eventually became a multinational, multibillion-dollar natural foods pioneer? By going with his gut and bucking convention, creating a culture of teamwork and independence which would ultimately lead to more than 500 stores in the US, Canada, and the UK. John Mackey, co-founder of Whole Foods Market, talked to strategy+business about the role of community in business, the thinking behind the Amazon acquisition, and how his vision for the future of health inspired him to lead a startup at age 70. Follow the link for the full interview: https://pwc.to/4fiKBFK #Founder #WholeFoods #Business

💡 Leaders can maximise the benefits of GenAI by empowering their workforce to experiment to reimagine work. Both employees and leaders believe GenAI could help increase efficiencies in their time at work—however, creating efficiencies with GenAI is only scratching the surface. Its promise lies in using it as a means for organisational and professional growth and transformation. Our Global Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey 2024 features insights from 56,600 employees across 50 countries and regions and identifies two actions leaders can take to gain traction on using GenAI in their organisations: https://pwc.to/4c9gwWP #HopesAndFears

Our AI Jobs Barometer goes beyond predictions about AI’s impact to find evidence of how AI is transforming the world of work, making people and businesses more productive while changing what it takes for workers to succeed. With a 25% higher skills change in AI-exposed occupations, workers in AI-exposed roles may need to demonstrate or acquire new skills to stay relevant in a jobs market that is fast-evolving. Workers, companies, and policymakers share responsibility for helping workers rapidly develop the skills to remain relevant and embrace the opportunity AI brings. Explore the full findings of our AI Jobs Barometer, which reveals reveals AI’s impact on jobs, wages, skills, and productivity: https://pwc.to/4acnauf #AIJobsBarometer #AI #Technology #Jobs

📈 The dealmaking pendulum is likely to swing back in favour of mergers and acquisitions once more. The first six months of 2024 have shown some early signs that IPOs and technology megadeals are making a return; while advances in GenAI and other technologies are creating opportunities for tech, media and telecoms dealmaking in the latter half of the year. Learn how you can adapt to these dynamic conditions in our mid-2024 global M&A outlook: https://pwc.to/4eBdRHI #PwCDeals #IndustryTrends #GenAI

🚨 There is a noticeable discrepancy between workers and CEOs when evaluating major transformative forces—while less than half of workers think tech change will significantly impact their jobs, 56% of CEOs see it as a key driver of business model reinvention. It’s imperative for employees to be engaged with CEOs’ plans for change if leaders want to succeed in their business transformation—learn more in our Global Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey 2024: https://pwc.to/4c9gwWP #HopesAndFears