INFO AGENDA Skipping ahead
Amazon has announced that it is creating more than 1,000 permanent new technology jobs in Ireland over the next two years. In addition to central Dublin, where Amazon opened a new 170,000 sq ft building in June, these highly skilled roles will be based in Amazon locations in North County Dublin, Blanchardstown and Tallaght. The fi gure of 1,000 new jobs doubles the growth target committed to by Amazon in 2016, when the company pledged to hire 500 people in two years–and did so nine months ahead of schedule.
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THE EURO AT 20
Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the IMF and former French fi nance minister, gave the opening address at The Euro at 20, a two-day conference hosted by the Central Bank in Dublin at the end of June, looking at positives and negatives of the currency. Predicting a mass relocation of fi nancial fi rms to the continent and Ireland, Ms Lagarde stressed the need for enhanced regulatory and supervisory capacity in preparation, saying, “The euro area needs truly integrated fi nancial and capital markets that allow companies to raise fi nancing across borders more easily and support investment.”
RECORD RUN Employment was up 2.9 per cent or 62,100 to 2,220,500 in the year to Q1 2018 according to figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). This follows on from a bumper quarter for employment growth in Q4 2017 as a record 29,000 jobs created in Q4 alone–a quarterly increase unmatched in 20 years of available figures. After 22 quarters in a row of jobs growth, the economy has now recovered most of the jobs lost during the downturn, at its low point in Q3 2011.
Ireland has one of the most educated workforces in the world. The share of 25-34
52%, compared to an OECD average of 43%.
Source: OECD - Education at a Glance 2017
year olds in Ireland with a third level qualification is
READ IT
In his new book, The Agile Leader, Dr Simon Hayward, CEO of the leadership consultancy Cirrus, says that 70 per cent of organisations believe they don’t have the right leadership, skills or operating models to adapt to digital change. He shares his invaluable experience and practical steps for change to enable CEOs and leaders in every industry to embrace uncertainty, flourish and foster an environment of experimentation, learning and innovation. The book enables leaders to embed agile in their core processes–going from hierarchical systems to self-managing teams, cultures of risk aversion to experimentation and tight control to enabling leaders–essential processes to transform a business for the digital world.
@MTaylorClare Fantastic to see building & ongoing development made possible by @IDAIRELAND - Some say there’s no development in Clare, I would advise them to walk around Shannon for a bit of #cranewatch
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