Glen Hodgson

Ottawa

Freelance Contributor at Freelance

Econ and financial consultant, CD Howe Fellow, former SVP & chief economist. International macro and trade, finance, fiscal, enviro - and often about sports.

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Articles

Companies in emerging Europe achieving checkmate in the future of work

1 week ago | emerging-europe.com | Glen Hodgson

The labour market is evolving at breakneck speed with the shift from physical to knowledge work. These developments mean that regulators and decision-makers must put in place guardrails but also allow the future of work to flourish. In 1975, the chess world champion Bobby Fischer said that someday computers will make us all obsolete. While this is far from the truth, it is essential that companies and individuals upskill and reskill to align with technology and machines rather than shun them.
Weaning Europe Off its Russian Gas Addiction

1 month ago | energia.gr | Glen Hodgson

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The fashion eagle rises in Kosovo

Feb 12, 2025 | emerging-europe.com | Glen Hodgson

While audiences across the emerging Europe region and beyond are currently more familiar with pop stars and artists of Kosovo origin, such as Rita Ora and Dua Lipa, the rising stars of the Kosovo fashion industry are poised to make their mark. In her 2017 hit single Blow Your Mind, Kosovo Albanian popstar Dua Lipa oozes confidence and self-assurance while highlighting that there is excellence in being unapologetically oneself.
Vote for the best

Oct 27, 2024 | grandrapidsmn.com | Glen Hodgson

I am encouraged to see that a good number of people are running for election to the ISD 318 School Board. Voters are always served by having choices. I offer my compliments to all the candidates for providing that choice to the local electorate. The challenge to voters is now making the best selection among all the candidates. I suggest that “change” and “balance” are two criteria that should be considered.
Georgia’s Golden Fleece of entrepreneurs and start-ups

Sep 25, 2024 | emerging-europe.com | Glen Hodgson

With all eyes on a parliamentary election next month, Georgia’s spirit of innovation, entrepreneurship and problem-solving should not be ignored. Much is currently being written about Georgia’s pivotal parliamentary election (set to take place on October 26), yet the country being a hotbed of entrepreneurial spirit, innovative start-ups and engineering excellence is often overlooked.
Inventing the future, rather than retrofitting the past

Sep 17, 2024 | emerging-europe.com | Glen Hodgson

The countries of emerging Europe are better placed than Western Europe to make the most of the automation technologies—including robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning—that are transforming industries and the world of work. It is often said that sometimes, when we think we are inventing the future, in reality we are merely retrofitting the past.
EU must resist temptation for Potemkin sanctions on aluminium - Emerging Europe

Jun 23, 2024 | emerging-europe.com | Glen Hodgson

Sanctioning aluminium from Russia looks impressive at first glance, but the harder you look the worse a decision it seems. The European Union has been rightly and impressively steadfast in its support of Ukraine since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, providing money, aid and arms. Following the approval of the US Congress’ latest aid package to Ukraine, that side of the Western response seems to be once again in good order. Where things are fraying somewhat is on the financial battlefield.
How enterprises can adapt to the future of work

May 20, 2024 | emerging-europe.com | Glen Hodgson

By reimagining talent acquisition, management, and deployment through the lens of outcomes and value, businesses can unlock new sources of competitive advantage and drive sustainable growth in the digital age. In the classic 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia there is a strong theme of the past being continually wiped away by the winds of change and progress. In the same way that the desert sands are always shifting, so is the future which is waiting to be sculpted.
Digital transformation: The use of AI and flexible workforces

Mar 18, 2024 | emerging-europe.com | Glen Hodgson

It is vital that millions of entrepreneurs across the CEE region—as well as freelancers and one-person companies—are not forced into employment relationships against their will. To be aligned with the needs and requirements of the future of work, there is an increasing need for enterprises to reap the benefits of digitalisation, artificial intelligence (AI) and a flexible workforce.
Placing the Single Market at the heart of the EU

Feb 11, 2024 | brusselstimes.com | Glen Hodgson

The late Jacques Delors stated that no one falls in love with the Single Market yet his fellow architect of the initiative, the British Conservative Lord Arthur Cockfield, underlined the power and attraction of openness and transparency in achieving a worthy goal. He also championed the crucial nature of “mutual recognition” of standards and requirements in creating a level playing field from which all businesses and citizens could benefit.