Turn Your Life Around

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"If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.” Gerald Good

Global Trends in Government Innovation 2024 (Released 12/16/24)

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The report, Global Trends in Government Innovation 2024, analyzes nearly 800 case studies from 83 countries and identifies five critical trends in government innovation that are reshaping public services.

The report will be released December 16, 2024.  Check back here. Abstract available now here.

Boost Your Spirits: Oldies But Goodies Holiday Songs (Music Video)

Discover U.S. Trade By Product

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Discover interactive dashboards and infographics providing data on U.S. goods trade at the national, state and metropolitan area levels.  In addition, see product-specific import and export trends and insights on U.S. by partner countries. 

Global Supply Chain Leader's Biggest Concerns in 2025

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Descartes Systems Group released findings from its 2024 Supply Chain Intelligence Report: Escalating Challenges for Global Supply Chain Leaders survey, which examined the most significant global trade challenges facing logistics and supply chain leaders today. The study showed that 48% of respondents identified rising tariffs and trade barriers as their top concern, closely followed by supply chain disruptions at 45% and geopolitical instability at 41%. 

Tariffs and trade barriers ranked as the priority issue regardless of company size.

Today in Global Small Business: What Do Most Extraordinary Global Business Leaders Have in Common?

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• What do most extraordinary global business leaders have in common?
• Economic threats top global business leaders' risk concerns.
• Quote of the week: “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." – Steve Jobs
• Mastering cross-border regulatory compliance in global business.
• Will Trump's dollar diplomacy roil global trade?
• Global trade update (December 2024) – UNCTAD.

The Christmas Tree Goes Up

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"The Christmas tree goes up on December 1.  I love it." – Richard E. Grant

[Photo by Laurel J. Delaney, taken on 12/6/24, downtown Chicago.]

Is Canada Throwing Mexico Under the Bus?

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Trump recently threatened he would impose a blanket 25% tariff on both Canada and Mexico when he takes office in January unless they secured their shared borders with the US. 

That said, Canada is being accused of throwing Mexico under the bus amid a tariff threat ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's second term in the White House.

Canadian officials were quick to distance their country's border issues from those of Mexico, arguing that drug smuggling and unlawful crossings at the southern border were much higher, and that Mexico was serving as a "back door" in North America for Chinese investment.

Those remarks have not gone unnoticed in Mexico.

Are You Business Ready Globally?

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The World Bank Group's Business Ready (B-READY) 2024 report introduces a rich dataset that benchmarks the business environment in 50 economies.

B-READY provides a comprehensive data set and description of the factors that strengthen the private sector, not only by advancing the interests of individual firms but also by elevating the interests of workers, consumers, potential new enterprises, and the natural environment.

This 2024 report introduces a new analytical framework that benchmarks economies based on three pillars: Regulatory Framework, Public Services, and Operational Efficiency.

To learn more, visit here and to download the report, visit here.

Threats Galore by Trump

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The new US Administration (Trump) has thrown out every imaginable threat to the world – from huge tariff increases, to enacting new trade barriers, to the latest BRICS (block of nine countries) tariffs.

I’ve [Laurel Delaney] curated 7 important updates for you.  Some are better than others.  Check them all out to stay ahead of the game.

AI For Impact with Anna Schiller, Director of Trilligent (wegginar® 12/4/24)

 

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Want to make a serious impact leveraging AI?  Then this wegginar® is for you. wegg's expert presenter Anna Schiller, Director of Trilligent specializes in client relationships, new business and strategic development across Europe. She will be presenting a wegginar on, "AI For Impact: Elevate Your Brand and Drive Growth," on Wednesday, December 4th at 11 AM CT (https://bit.ly/3Cge5VX).

Here's what she will cover + more:

🌏  Leverage AI to increase brand awareness

🌎  Get yourself talked about

🌍  Stay on top of trends in your industry

🌏  Don’t be afraid to experiment Prompt engineering tips

About Anna:

Anna Schiller is Director for Trilligent Germany, based in Berlin. She specializes in client relationships, new business and strategic development across Europe.

She previously worked for S&P Global in London doing political risk analysis for DACH and the UK as well as advising on tech regulation. At Meta, she worked on trust and safety including elections integrity and the implementation of anti-hate speech regulation, as well as working with public policy and comms.

Before this, she ran press and PR at the Goethe-Institut in London.

Anna holds a master’s in International Relations from King’s College London and a BA in Psychology and International Relations.

Bring your questions (wegg will conduct a LIVE Q&A at the end of the presentation) and prepare to learn what it takes to elevate your brand and drive growth.

To learn more and to register (free of charge) thanks to wegg sponsors noted below, visit: https://bit.ly/3Cge5VX.

Brought to you by Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global® and powered by APCO, Associated Bank, FedEx, FLOMO/Nygala Corp., LuxLined™, RBC Wealth Management and VISA.

Today in Global Small Business: The Global Impact of Tariffs

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• The global impact of Trump tariffs.
• Global supply chain connectivity remains high, according to a Chinese report.
• Quote of the week: “Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.” – Mark Twain.
• Top concern of global supply chain leaders:  tariffs and trade barriers.
• Reshaping global supply chains, strategies for resilience.
• Graphic analysis of global supply chains.