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1 week ago | 
forbes.com | John M. Bremen
Recent global disruptions have exposed the fragility of supply chains, making their resilience a ... More crucial topic for boards and senior management teams. getty Recent global disruptions have exposed the fragility of supply chains, making their resilience a crucial topic for boards and senior management teams. Examples include the pandemic, wars, terrorism, geopolitical tensions over tariffs, as well as cyber and climate events.
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2 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. Recent studies and board programs illustrate the increasing prominence and participation of chief human resource officers (CHROs) on company boards of directors.
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1 month 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. Amid the growing concern among leaders across political affiliations regarding declining U.S. birth rates and the baby bust, the challenge of determining what to do about it remains.
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1 month ago | 
wtwco.com | John M. Bremen
Understand the issue: In the U.S., the reported fertility rates decreased annually from 2014 to 2020. Following a brief increase from 2020 to 2021, the rate decreased over the next two years, reaching a historic low in 2023. Other countries, including the U.K., Canada and France, reported similar trends. According to recent CDC data, the number of births increased 1% in 2024, and the general fertility rate increased 0.006% from its historical low in 2023 to 1.627%.
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1 month ago | 
forbes.com | John M. Bremen
Recent studies and board programs illustrate the increasing prominence and participation of chief human resource officers (CHROs) on company boards of directors. As intangible assets represent a larger portion of company valuations, board skill requirements expand in a changing world and people play a larger role in driving material levels of performance and risk, effective boards incorporate human capital measurement into governance processes and engage those with HR expertise to guide them.
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1 month 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.
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1 month 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.
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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.
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2 months 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.
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2 months 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.
