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14 CEOs with their Summer Reading Lists – a Chart (from McKinsey)

First Friday Book Synopsis

McKinsey asked 14 CEOs what they will be reading in coming months. Note: the #1 book for the summer is The Seventh Sense by Joshua Cooper Ramo, named by three different CEOs. From the… Read More 14 CEOs with their Summer Reading Lists – a Chart (from McKinsey). I’ve created a chart to peruse the list.

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What is a Great Teammate, and WHY Should You Be One at Your Workplace?

Great Results Team Building

link] The McKinsey & Company report on teamwork and innovation: A report by McKinsey & Company found that employees who work well in teams and support each other are more likely to be innovative and successful in their work, leading to better business outcomes and career success.

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The Movement Of People And Ideas Is Key To Economic Growth

The Horizons Tracker

Recent research from the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods suggests that when it comes to cooperation, such nationalism is not as uncommon as we might think, with people seeming to prefer to collaborate with those just like them rather than those who are different in whatever way.

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How Companies Succeed By Engaging Radically With Society

Eric Jacobson

In the basic resource sector, companies that can cooperate well with local communities and governments are much more likely to secure deregulation, which promotes innovation. Robin Nuttall Question: What are the consequences if business leaders don’t?

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What Is Business For? Cast Your Vote!

Harvard Business Review

Along with our partners at HBR and McKinsey, we're delighted to announce those finalists today (in alphabetical order): Progress Out of Poverty: Business Intelligence for Those in the Business of Helping the Poor. The Mondragon Cooperative Experience: Humanity at Work. Story Lindsey Alexander and Steve Wright. Hack by Kevin McKouen.

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The Dangers of Digital Protectionism

Harvard Business Review

Although cross-border data flows grew 45x between 2005 and 2014, according to a McKinsey analysis , events since 2014 have pushed the pendulum to swing away from unconstrained data globalization. Many governments are currently rethinking their policies regarding cross-border data flows.

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How Companies Are Already Using AI

Harvard Business Review

Even the near-term outlook has been quite negative: A 2016 report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said 9% of jobs in the 21 countries that make up its membership could be automated. And in January 2017, McKinsey’s research arm estimated AI-driven job losses at 5%.

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