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Here is a brief excerpt from a conversation involving Stanford’s Chip Heath and McKinsey’s Olivier Sibony, featured in the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They discuss new research, fresh frameworks, and practical tools for decision makers. To read…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Zafer Achi and Jennifer Garvey Berger for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They suggest that, in an unpredictable world, executives should stretch beyond managing the probable. To…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Richard Benson-Armer, Silke-Susann Otto, and Nick van Dam for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They observe: “Building organizational capabilities is a top strategic priority, but an inability…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an interview of Catherine Courage by Hugo Sarrazin and Hyo Yeon for the McKinsey Quarterly (February 2015), published by McKinsey & Company. Catherine Courage champions user-centered design—not only for the benefit of the software…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Stefan Biesdorf, David Court, and Paul Willmott for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. Many companies don’t have one. Here’s how to get started. To read the complete…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by David Court for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. New technology tools are making adoption by the front line much easier, and that’s accelerating the organizational adaptation needed…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an interview of Richard Levin by Michael Chui for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. After a long tenure in traditional academia, Richard Levin joined online-learning site Coursera as CEO, where he…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Geena Davis for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. Does lopsided male representation in media skew our perceptions? Geena Davis believes it does and that corporations have a…
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Here is a brief excerpt from a “classic” article written by Sven Smit, Caroline M. Thompson, and S. Patrick Viguerie for the McKinsey Quarterly (2005), published by McKinsey & Company. They discuss an enduring reality: The largest corporations rarely sustain…
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What is the key to success? Grit.
In her late 20s, Angela Lee Duckworth left a demanding job as a management consultant at McKinsey to teach math in public schools in San Francisco, Philadelphia and New York. After five years of teaching seventh graders, she went back…
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