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Why Is Capital Afraid of Cities?

Harvard Business Review

This post is part of a three-week series exploring the re-invention of the social infrastructure of cities, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. Few CEOs realize that their companies' "supplier diversity programs" might be self-defense exercises for an urbanized future.

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Corporate Entrepreneurship: Turn Irony into Opportunity

In the CEO Afterlife

In the meantime, perennial innovators the likes of Apple, FedEx and Amazon extended their leadership over old-guard competitors. Your job,” I said, “is to choose an organization with a buoyant culture and a leadership team that’s not afraid of change. Several, such as Trump, still operate by the brain and muscle ethic.