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Jul 2023
29m 23s

How Unilever Is Preparing for the Future...

HBR Presents / Brian Kenny
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Launched in 2016, Unilever’s Future of Work initiative aimed to accelerate the speed of change throughout the organization and prepare its workforce for a digitalized and highly automated era. But despite its success over the last three years, the program still faces significant challenges in its implementation. How should Unilever, one of the world's larges ... Show More
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