Year in Review

Looking Back on 2020

The pandemic ran through many of our most read articles of the year, ranging from healthcare to data privacy to growing cyber risks.
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Addressing Poverty to Solve the Healthcare Crisis

Nonprofit Wellville helps communities build sustainable institutions and systems to keep or make all their residents healthy and resilient.
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World Economic Forum

How Upskilling Could Help Cities Rebuild After Coronavirus

Cities must retrain workers who have lost jobs in the pandemic or risk losing residents. Targeted programs and partnerships are key.
Rory Heilakka
Rory Heilakka
Principal, Oliver Wyman Forum
As a leader for the Oliver Wyman Forum’s City Readiness team, Rory collaborates with business leaders, academics, and policymakers across cities to improve global understanding of and solutions to complex problems that require multi-stakeholder action. Recently he has helped develop the Oliver Wyman Forum’s City Readiness for AI index, assessing over 100 cities on their preparedness for the rise of artificial intelligence, and collaborated with the World Economic Forum’s on furthering its Healthy Cities initiative and associated pilot programs.
rory.heilakka@oliverwyman.com
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Research

COVID-19 Has Forced Many to Consider Relocating

At least one-in-10 people are interested in relocating due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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How to Make AI More Humane

The technology that drives more of our societies and economies is too important to be left just to coders, says law professor Frank Pasquale.
Kaijia Gu, Rory Heilakka
Kaijia Gu
Partner, Oliver Wyman
As a leader of the City Readiness team, Kaijia Gu collaborates with business leaders, academics, and policymakers to identify ways that cities can transform potential waves of disorder into new opportunities for innovation, in part by tapping into the potential of their diverse networks of people and organizations. She has lived in major cities around the world most of her life including Beijing, Xi’an, Ithaca, Boston, New York, and London, where she currently lives with her family.
Kaijia.Gu@oliverwyman.com
Rory Heilakka
Principal, Oliver Wyman Forum
As a leader for the Oliver Wyman Forum’s City Readiness team, Rory collaborates with business leaders, academics, and policymakers across cities to improve global understanding of and solutions to complex problems that require multi-stakeholder action. Recently he has helped develop the Oliver Wyman Forum’s City Readiness for AI index, assessing over 100 cities on their preparedness for the rise of artificial intelligence, and collaborated with the World Economic Forum’s on furthering its Healthy Cities initiative and associated pilot programs.
rory.heilakka@oliverwyman.com
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Business in Society

Pandemic Should Be a Booster Shot for Social Capitalism

The coronavirus crisis is accelerating pressure on companies to play a positive role in society, says Nationwide Chair David Roberts.
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City Spotlight

From Disruptor to the Disrupted: How San Jose Can Keep its Appeal

Partnering with local tech firms is essential to retaining residents.
Kaijia Gu, Rory Heilakka
Kaijia Gu
Partner, Oliver Wyman
As a leader of the City Readiness team, Kaijia Gu collaborates with business leaders, academics, and policymakers to identify ways that cities can transform potential waves of disorder into new opportunities for innovation, in part by tapping into the potential of their diverse networks of people and organizations. She has lived in major cities around the world most of her life including Beijing, Xi’an, Ithaca, Boston, New York, and London, where she currently lives with her family.
Kaijia.Gu@oliverwyman.com
Rory Heilakka
Principal, Oliver Wyman Forum
As a leader for the Oliver Wyman Forum’s City Readiness team, Rory collaborates with business leaders, academics, and policymakers across cities to improve global understanding of and solutions to complex problems that require multi-stakeholder action. Recently he has helped develop the Oliver Wyman Forum’s City Readiness for AI index, assessing over 100 cities on their preparedness for the rise of artificial intelligence, and collaborated with the World Economic Forum’s on furthering its Healthy Cities initiative and associated pilot programs.
rory.heilakka@oliverwyman.com
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Quiz

What was the US unemployment rate for women in July 2020?

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Why Men Should Mentor Women

Professor David Smith says inclusion can’t wait for coronavirus. It needs to remain a priority for businesses.
Ana Kreacic, Frederic Lamontagne
Ana Kreacic
Partner, Chief Knowledge Officer, and Chief Operating Officer, Oliver Wyman Forum, Oliver Wyman
Ana is the Chief Knowledge Officer of the Oliver Wyman Group, the Chief Operating Officer of the Oliver Wyman Forum and a Co-leader of the New York office. She advises clients in areas of strategy, offer development, and new business start-ups. Ana’s work focuses on the opportunities, uncertainties, and challenges stemming from rapidly changing data and business landscapes. She regularly convenes senior leaders to explore these complicated issues. Ana also is passionate about education, mentoring, immigrant issues, and women’s advancement initiatives, and serves on multiple boards, including Upwardly Global and the Stamford Symphony Orchestra. She graduated from the University of Maryland and the Wharton School.
Ana.Kreacic@oliverwyman.com
Frederic Lamontagne
Engagement Manager, Oliver Wyman
Fred is an engagement manager in the Retail and Business Banking practice of Oliver Wyman. He works with financial institutions on topics including digital bank strategy and build, analytical design and development, operational review and optimization, and regulator submission. Fred co-chairs Men4Change in the Americas, an Oliver Wyman initiative that actively engages men and all allies to encourage awareness, dialogue, and action to decrease inequity in our firm and our society. He graduated from Brown University.
frederic.lamontagne@oliverwyman.com
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Poll

Has COVID-19 changed your criteria for choosing where to live?

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