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“The challenge for leaders is how to keep injecting urgency.” Ratan Tata

October 24, 2014

In separate mini-commentaries, former Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata and SEB chairman Marcus Wallenberg both argue that creative destruction can be taken too far. Both mini-commentaries are part of a series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the McKinsey Quarterly. Tata…

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Wharton’s Adam Grant on the key to professional success

June 26, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from a transcript of an interview of Adam Grant by Rik Kirkland for the McKinsey Quarterly in which Grant explains why generosity in the workplace continues to be more effective than selfishness and why it…

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Building the creative economy: An interview with Richard Florida

January 9, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an edited version of an interview of Richard Florida by Rik Kikland, senior managing editor of McKinsey Publishing, in which Florida explains how creative companies and the venture capital that drives them are increasingly…

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Leaders everywhere: A conversation with Gary Hamel

May 23, 2013

The management writer and academic explains why he believes companies that empower and train people at all levels to lead can create competitive advantage. The latest M-Prize challenge, cosponsored by Gary Hamel’s Management Innovation eXchange (MIX), Harvard Business Review, and…

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Connecting everything: A conversation with Cisco’s Padmasree Warrior

May 20, 2013

Padmasree Warrior, Cisco’s chief technology and strategy officer, describes how the exponential growth of connectivity between people and devices, both mobile and network, will change commerce, business systems, and individual behavior. Despite two decades of increasing connectivity between people and…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 5/13/13)

May 19, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Lean Practitioner’s Handbook Mark Eaton HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing HBR Editors and various contributors Weaving the Web:…

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Charting technology’s new directions: A conversation with MIT’s Erik Brynjolfsson

May 17, 2013

Erik Brynjolfsson is a leading expert on the new relationship between man and machine and the challenges that emerge when innovation is decoupled from growth in jobs and incomes. He discusses that relationship during this conversation with McKinsey Publishing’s Rik…

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