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Coronavirus Crisis: Reasons for Hope During These Dark Times

The Practical Leader

When Nobel Laureate, Michael Levitt, first analyzed Chinese infection rates, he tracked an increase of 30% per day in Hubei province. We have smartphones, internet connectedness, social media, diagnostic drive-through test stations, advanced computer forecasting, and online tracking maps to slow down the spread.

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What We Really Know About Consumer Behavior

Harvard Business Review

Some fifteen years ago, in a period that seemed full of change and uncertainty in marketing, I asked my colleague Ted Levitt where he saw our field heading. Levitt, who had a marvelous talent for speaking in epigrams, responded, "The future of marketing will be more like its past than anyone imagines."

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More Universities Need to Teach Sales

Harvard Business Review

Sales was traditionally seen as a form of service work, with an emphasis primarily on developing moral character. Even when the boom in MBA programs coincided with the rise of Marketing as a discipline, Sales was treated like a stepchild at best. ”In other words, why serve hamburger when you can teach people to cook steak?

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World Business Forum – Top 10 Speakers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Steve Levitt - Author of Freakanomics and Super Freakanomics , Steve was superb. I love creative thinkers and her presentation focused like a laser beam on creativity of thought and approach. My favorite thought by Renee was: “ Success rests on pushing the creativity frontier. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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