Tech for Good: A Report by Mckinsey & Company

Our workplaces are becoming more attuned to human wellbeing, and more nimble to its requirements – in large part due two things: One, the growing body of evidence-based research being conducted to support design-led wellbeing initiatives; and two – the wide-reaching impact of technology. In its most recent quarterly report, the McKinsey Global Institute, business and economics research arm of the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, tackled the topic, “Tech for Good: Smoothing disruption, improving wellbeing.” The 80-page report offers its readers a wealth of data-driven insights into the limitless ways technology touches our lives today. It examines six wellbeing themes that are most frequently discussed in the context of technology adoption: job security, material living standards, health, education, environmental sustainability, and equal opportunities – “areas in which technology could potentially be disruptive and create problems but can also be used to mitigate those same risks and add …