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The chairman of McKinsey Global Institute details the challenges and opportunities emerging within a new global regulatory environment.
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The chairman of McKinsey Global Institute analyzes how technology is catalyzing business successes—and failures.
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Lenny Mendonca, chairman of McKinsey Global Institute, discusses how companies can learn from the current economic crisis and build better businesses for the future.
By outlining his near and long-term legislative priorities in a publication read by graying intellectuals and Left Bank expatriates, Arlen Specter may have been trying to tell us something. His […]
Thinking people intolerant of network television newscasting have sought refuge in PBS for generations. Now public television's flagship news program, NewsHour, is going 2.0. Among the changes set for September […]
Is it possible for blogs to operate without the snark and juvenile potshots that have come to characterize online communication? Probably not, but that hasn’t stopped 15 Congressmen from attempting […]
Rarely has a non-descript box beside your TV been the source of such heated division. While the DVR has provided great convenience for TV viewers unable to watch their favorite […]
In keeping with the notion that alcohol allows ordinary people to do extraordinary things, there is evidence to suggest alcohol can also help creative people find their spark...if they're lucky […]
Last week Amazon released their new electronic reader, the Kindle DX. With a larger screen and a price tag $130 more than its predecessor, the Kindle DX is positioned to […]
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The business expert says you really need to get out into the world know your place in it.
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The business expert talks about how we need to be talking.
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The business expert imagines what we might do if we weren’t going to work everyday.
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The business expert talks about plugging your lawn with seed.
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Alan Webber explains how the tyranny of old ideas keeps you from seeing the true scope of your field.
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The business expert describes the state of the art of "magazining" in the digital age.
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Alan Webber argues there’s "an awful lot of fear in the world of business that prevents people from doing "so much more in their work life with their own dreams […]
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The business expert reframes the customer-client relationship with some inspiration from Google’s Megan Smith.
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Alan Webber speaks from his experience at Fast Company magazine about the kinds of companies that win.
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The business expert talks about nailing down just what change feels like and how to leverage it.