Conversation

How to move fast: Innovation at speed and scale

May 13, 2019

  Here is a brief excerpt from the transcripot of a podcast in which Stacey Haas, Brian Quinn, and Julie Baskin participated, featured in an article for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article,…

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Artificial intelligence in business: Separating the real from the hype

April 8, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from the transcript of a conversation involving Peter Breuer, Michael Chui, and Simon London for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the…

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A brief conversation with Rosanne J. Thomas

November 3, 2017

Rosanne J. Thomas is the author of Excuse Me: The Survival Guide to Modern Business Etiquette. She is also founder and president of Protocol Advisors, Inc., specialists in providing business etiquette training to professionals at respected organizations from Tiffany &…

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Simon Sinek on purpose-driven collaboration

February 4, 2017

In Together Is Better: A Little Book of Inspiration, published by Portfolio/Penguin Random House (September 2016), Simon Sinek offers some excellent advice on how to follow this African proverb: “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want…

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How IT can drive agile development

November 11, 2016

Here’s a simple idea: update your operating model to be able to build small, self-contained teams that create change quickly and efficiently. I urge you to check out brief excerpt from a podcast transcript created for the McKinsey Quarterly, published…

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Kahneman and Klein on strategic decisions: When can you trust your gut?

September 25, 2016

Danny Kahneman and Gary Klein on strategic decisions: When can you trust your gut? Here is an excerpt from the transcript of a conversation during which Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman and psychologist Gary Klein debate the power and perils of…

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How incumbents become digital disruptors

June 27, 2016

Established companies are often late to spot mortal threats to their business model. Here’s how they should respond when industry disruption strikes. Here is a portion of a podcast transcript of a program sponsored by McKinsey & Company. To listen…

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Leading in the digital age

March 31, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from the transcript of a roundtable discussion sponsored by McKinsey & Company for publication in its Quarterly. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription information, and…

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Achieving a digital state of mind

February 22, 2016

Digital isn’t merely an add-on; it’s a way to think differently about business models, customer journeys, and organizational agility. Hence the importance of developing a digital state of mind. Here is a brief excerpt from a transcript of a podcast…

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Garrison Wynn on “What the 1% Do Differently”

December 21, 2015

Here is an especially entertaining as well as informative discussion of the competitive advantage that most people don’t know about. This program was produced by Smart People Podcast,  a weekly, interview-based website that features today’s most well respected thought leaders…

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