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A Conversation with Canada’s “D&I Dude”

Experience to Lead

It’s vital to the longevity of your organization to consider how you can combat systemic and overt oppression through your IDEA policy and advocacy. Further, research has shown that organizations that embrace diversity and inclusion (D&I) yield higher market share which can translate to higher financial performance.

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The Globalization Backlash Is Reverberating Through Boardrooms

Harvard Business Review

As a practical matter, for example, these changes in the global policy regime are forcing multinational corporations to scale back and sell parts of their international operations. Meanwhile the Institute of International Finance forecasted net capital flows for emerging markets in 2015 would be negative for the first time since 1988.

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Five House Rules for Managing Risky Behavior

Harvard Business Review

Set clear policies. For enterprise risk management, key policies include a statement of risk appetite and explicit risk tolerance levels for critical risks. Jeff Skilling, as a condition of his employment at Enron, insisted the company adopt mark-to-market accounting. Of course the right people have to be setting the rules.

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Can JP Morgan Transparently Police Itself?

Harvard Business Review

boss, Ina Drew , the former head of their unit in of the bank's, the Chief Investment Office (CIO); and CEO Jamie Dimon, to whom the CIO reported who oversaw the CIO. Drew quickly retired after the losses, and Iksil and Macris are, according to news reports, leaving the bank. Its purpose: to remedy unfair windfalls.

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How Economics PhDs Took Over the Federal Reserve

Harvard Business Review

What wasn’t really up in the air was whether the new head of the world’s most powerful central bank would have a doctorate in economics. government securities to keep interest rates down — in the process generating lots of monetary stimulus — and kept dictating monetary policy after the war. History has not judged his tenure well.

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China's Upcoming Leadership Transition Is Alarmingly Murky

Harvard Business Review

Imagine a presidential election in which there's only one candidate, and he's said nothing about his intentions or policies. election to provide a choice for distinct policy alternatives and a clear result, the outcome of the Congress of China's Communist Party, which takes place every five years, will be far more murky.

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Two Forces Moving Business Closer to Climate Action

Harvard Business Review

In July, General Mills — nobody’s idea of a radical company — expanded the pro-climate lobbying group BICEP beyond the usual suspects (Nike, Starbucks, Ben & Jerry’s) to add a distinctly mainstream voice to the call for policies like a price on carbon. Kellogg’s officially joined the group yesterday as well.

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