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Are Rich People More Cooperative?

The Horizons Tracker

Numerous studies over the years have shown that poorer people are often more generous with the money they have than their wealthier peers, but does this also extend to their willingness to cooperate with others? That was the question posed by a recent study from the Max-Planck-Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance.

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Leadership Matters

N2Growth Blog

In 1973/4 I participated in an Overseas Fellowship at General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) in a work/study cooperative programme in Flint, Michigan, which was the birthplace of GM. This programme which moved me through all major departments (Engineering, Finance, Supply, Vehicle Assembly, IS&T etc.)

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How Masculinity Contests Undermine Organizations, and What to Do About It

Harvard Business Review

For example, Susan Fowler’s 2017 blog about Uber detailed not only her recollections of being repeatedly harassed, but what she described as a “game-of-thrones” environment, in which managers sought to one-up and sabotage colleagues to get ahead. rogue traders in finance). Real change requires shutting down this game.

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Is Your Company Ready for the Rise of Smart Cities?

Harvard Business Review

Digitization has upended industry after industry — and now, as it begins to transform the environments that will be home to two-thirds of the world’s population by 2030, there is good reason to brace for another wave of disruption. Weighing the three questions below can help business leaders prepare for this shift.

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One Out of Every Two Managers Is Terrible at Accountability

Harvard Business Review

We think this trend has continued, and perhaps even been intensified as the workforce has become more diverse and especially as it has gotten younger. Over the last year blogs at US News , Daily Finance , Forbes , and articles like this one in the New York Times have questioned the work ethic and entitlement mentality of generation Y.