John M. Bremen

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | John M. Bremen

Amid the growing concern by leaders across political affiliations regarding declining U.S. birth rates and The Baby Bust, the challenge of determining what to do about it remains. The ability of businesses to serve their customers due to labor shortages has been making headlines for some time. Effective leaders understand both the short and long-term implications of low birth rates and take actions to support employees in their decisions around having – and raising – children.

3 weeks ago | wtwco.com | John M. Bremen

Unlock More John Bremen is a guest contributor for Forbes, writing on topics including work transformation, leadership strategy, compensation and benefits, and sustainable strategies that support productivity and business success. The rapid development of AI tools and technologies in recent years has increased risks to organizations due to human factors. Concurrently, relative to both people’s impact on AI and AI’s impact on people — as well as on financial and intangible factors.

1 month ago | forbes.com | John M. Bremen

The rapid development of AI tools and technologies in recent years has increased risks to organizations due to human factors. Concurrently, AI development has outpaced conventional measures of governance and risk relative to both people’s impact on AI and AI’s impact on people – as well as on financial and intangible factors. Today, effective leaders complement financial growth metrics with new measures of value creation that reflect factors such as wellbeing, safety, productivity and engagement.

1 month ago | forbes.com | John M. Bremen

While details on the tariffs established by the U.S. continue to change, business leaders have been scenario-planning for actions they might take under a variety of outcomes, including those that impact pay and jobs. Immediately before the April 2, 2025, detailed announcement of broad-based tariffs, WTW fielded a pulse survey on Adapting to 2025 U.S. Policy Shifts. At that time, 59% of companies expected direct impact from tariffs that could compromise their profitability.

1 month ago | forbes.com | John M. Bremen

Follow me on LinkedIn.While details on the tariffs established by the U.S. continue to change, business leaders have been scenario-planning for actions they might take under a variety of outcomes, including those that impact pay and jobs.  Immediately before the April 2, 2025, detailed announcement of broad-based tariffs, WTW fielded a pulse survey on Adapting to 2025 U.S. Policy Shifts. At that time, 59% of companies expected direct impact from tariffs that could compromise their profitability.