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Enduring Ideas: The three horizons of growth

December 29, 2012

In this interactive presentation—one in a series of multimedia frameworks — Steve Coley, a director emeritus in McKinsey’s Chicago office, describes the three horizons framework. Based on research into how companies sustain growth, this approach illustrates how to manage for…

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“Economic Conditions Snapshot, December 2012”: McKinsey Global Survey results

December 24, 2012

Amid persistent concerns over sluggish demand, executives report a more positive outlook for the global economy and their own companies. Here is a brief excerpt from another McKinsey Global Survey, “Economic Conditions Snapshot, December 2012.” To read the complete study,…

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Scott Weiss on “Authentic Leadership”

December 11, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from a recent article by Scott Weiss, one of the most thoughtful and thought-provoking thinkers in the business world. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * “There…

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Restarting the US small-business growth engine

November 22, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an outstanding article co-authored by John Horn and Darren Pleasance, featured in The McKinsey Quarterly published by McKinsey & Company. Reinvigorating small business starts with identifying the high-growth firms that disproportionately drive economic activity…

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How “social intelligence” can guide decisions

November 15, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an article from The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company and written by Martin Harrysson, Estelle Metayer, and Hugo Sarrazin, in which they explain why, by offering decision makers rich real-time data, social…

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Designing products for value

November 7, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an article from The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company and written by Ananth Narayanan, Asutosh Padhi, and Jim Williams, in which they explain how leading companies combine insights about customers, competitors, and…

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Winning the $30 trillion decathlon: How to succeed in emerging markets

October 25, 2012

Here is an article from The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company and written by Yuval Atsmon, Peter Child, Richard Dobbs, and Laxman Narasimhan, in which they explazin how and why annual consumption in emerging markets will rise to…

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How to Make Your Big Idea Really Happen

October 19, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Hagel III and John Seely Brown  for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here.…

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Organizational health: The ultimate competitive advantage

October 1, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from another outstanding article from The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, in which co-authors Scott Keller and Colin Price explain why organizations must build the capacity to learn and keep changing over time to sustain high performance, To read the…

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Organizational health: The ultimate competitive advantage

September 26, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from another outstanding article from The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, in which co-authors Scott Keller and Colin Price explain why organizations must build the capacity to learn and keep changing over time to sustain…

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