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Lose those News Blues and Leave the Dark Side: The World’s Never Been Better

The Practical Leader

” The next year we added to our long and growing list of positive facts with “ Beyond the Doom and Gloom: Over 65 Ways Our World Keeps Getting Better.” billion m³ between 2005 and 2018 to cover 22% of land area. Prices for battery packs have dropped 87% since 2010. Positive News. In April, the U.S.

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business Review

in early 2018, according to Moody’s. Before 2018, it had the three standard board committees — governance, compensation, and audit — plus a technology and risk committee to cover important areas such as product risk, cybersecurity, and technological innovation. In January of 2018, GE announced that it was taking a $6.2

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Just How Risky Is Entrepreneurship, Really?

Harvard Business Review

But the conventional position is nonsense; building new companies is far more sensible than the practical will admit. By contrast, of 5,000 businesses started in 2004, almost 56% were still in business in 2010, despite suffering through a brutal economic downturn.

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Carlos Ghosn, Nissan, and the Need for Stronger Corporate Governance in Japan

Harvard Business Review

Ghosn was recently arrested for financial misconduct, fired from his position as Nissan’s board chairman, and criticized by Nissan’s Japanese CEO for accumulating too much power. Renault holds a 43% voting position in Nissan; in turn, Nissan holds a 15% non-voting position in Renault.

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The Flimsy Evidence Behind Power Poses

The Horizons Tracker

The trend for power posing began in 2010 after a study suggested that adopting an expansive physical posture increased testosterone and reduced cortisone levels in the body, which made people feel more powerful and inclined to take risks. Alas, a new study from Iowa State University suggests the merits of the power pose are rather flimsy.

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How CFOs Can Take the Long-Term View in a Short-Term Economy

Harvard Business Review

In 2010, when Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna, began articulating a strategy to invest billions to transform from a health insurance company to a health care company, analysts grumbled. In 2012, John Deere CEO Samuel Allen began releasing long-term, aspirational revenue targets for 2018. “Then get out of our stock.”

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How Discrimination Against Female Doctors Hurts Patients

Harvard Business Review

In August 2018 officials from Tokyo Medical University admitted to systematically altering medical school admission test scores to disadvantage female applicants. The percentage of enrollees who were women had reached 40% in 2010, and now stands at approximately 30%.). and far lower percentages of senior leadership positions).

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