Meritocracy

I believe the modern-day digital disruptor has a specific vision and mission: • Vision: Significantly advance their organization's data and digital capabilities to drive firm growth, client loyalty and operating leverage. • Mission: Champion digital disruption on behalf of customers by creating enterprise-as-a-service (ENaaS) offerings, increasing speed to market by…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed as "not maintainable" several applications seeking directions to the Karnataka government to apply post-based reservation and creamy layer principle at entry level with regard to promotions to SC and ST employees. A bench of Justices U U Lalit and D Y Chandrachud…

For the liberal optimism that has been under assault since 11 September, 2001, the coronavirus pandemic is another rattling blow. The late-1990s vision of a world progressing steadily towards global harmony, towards sunlit uplands of universal democracy and technological wonder, has long since given way to pessimism, anxiety and crisis.…

The coronavirus pandemic—and the Trump administration’s failed response to it—dominated Sunday night’s debate between former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. But one of the debate’s more intriguing moments came during a discussion about something that didn’t call panic to mind: Women and their potential role in…

They may live in a technology-fuelled future, but they’re still doing ATM smash-and-grabs. (Photo: John P. Johnson, HBO) Westworld returned with its season three premiere on Monday and the question on everybody’s lips was: Where the hell is Westworld? This might be a series about a Western-style theme park filled…

Have questions about your finances related to the coronavirus outbreak? Email them to reporter Alicia Adamczyk at alicia.adamczyk@nbcuni.com.A week ago, Nicole Brewer was looking forward to attending a conference at Princeton University and spending a day at the Yale School of Drama.As a freelance theater director and educator, the 37-year-old…

Washington DC, National Academy of Science, Boardroom with Founders' Portrait, Albert Herter. (Photo ... by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images Building a board environment that enables debate, discussion, and a leadership style that allows for possible disagreement or ideas to discuss tradeoffs…

Hilary Mantel writes a fall she must have dreaded in The Mirror and the Light. Photo illustration by Slate Slate has relationships with various online retailers. If you buy something through our links, Slate may earn an affiliate commission. We update links when possible, but note that deals can expire…

Written by Anil Dharker | Updated: March 12, 2020 11:06:15 am UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former Congress president Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo)It’s now been eight months since Rahul Gandhi’s resignation as Congress president. In the long and eventful months since then, supine Congressmen (also known as “loyalists”) have done…

Posted by Mike LaChance    Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 12:00pm | 3/11/2020 - 12:00pm “in an effort to ensure those making hiring decisions at the school keep diversity and equity in mind throughout the process” Does this mean potential hires will now need the approval of a diversity administrator…