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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Baker Jennifer Ding John Loehr Richard Holman Stefan Luckner strategy+business magazine The Global Innovation 1000: Navigating the Digital Future tools that are transforming innovation—from customer insight to product launch'

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

To read the complete article, check out a wealth of resources, and watch a video during which McKinsey director Bisson explains why trends matter, the value of tracking global forces, and how [.] Patrick Viguerie for The McKinsey Quarterly (June 2010).

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MARCH 20, 2013

Accenture conducted its global research study, “Defining Success” for release on International Women’s Day to gain insight into behaviors and attitudes regarding women’s careers.

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JUNE 25, 2011

The Quest for Global Dominance: Transforming Global Presence into Global Competitive Advantage, Second Edition Anil Gupta, Vijay Govindarajan, and Haiyan Wang Jossey-Bass (2008 How to establish global presence, then achieve and sustain a competitive advantage As Jeffrey Garten explains in the Foreword, this Second Edition offers “not only updates, (..)

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Jennifer Fitzgibbon (Managing Director, Treasurer, Americas, RBS Global Banking & Markets) written by Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Tracy Streckenbach, president and chief operating officer of Innovative Global Brands. Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times.

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MARCH 1, 2011

Here is another outstanding interview in the McKinsey Conversations with Global Leaders series. To watch the conversation in a video interactive, or download a PDF of the transcript, please click here. * * * The former CEO reflects on the oil industry’s future, as well as management lessons learned over a long career. Source: [.].

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Here is another outstanding interview in the McKinsey Conversations with Global Leaders series.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Tom Stewart is Booz & Company’s Chief Marketing & Knowledge Officer. In a recent email update, he asks several intriguing questions: Are there CEOs anywhere in the world who want their companies to become less innovative? Is anyone calling on employees to do a better job of thinking inside the box?

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MARCH 3, 2011

The prophet Ecclesiastes and the ancient philosopher Heraclitus are both credited with observing, in effect, “Everything changes…Nothing changes.” The same can be said of markets. Initially, a “market” was a specific location; later, it was viewed as a specific segment of sellers/buyers (e.g. housing) and then as a cluster of demographics (e.g.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

So, there are times when I feel like a horse and buggy in a Tesla world. And, it’s pretty scary. I think I get the main point. The world is changing – a lot – fast! faster than ever before. And, the pace of change is only going to accelerate. But, there are times […]. Randy''s blog entries'

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NOVEMBER 29, 2014

Bob''s blog entries 2014 Global Drucker Forum Gallup’s latest 142-country survey on the State of the Global Workplace Gary Hamel on "The Core Incompetencies of the Corporation" Harvard Business Review HBR Blog Network HBR email alerts Management Lab Strategos The Future of Management'

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

So, there are times when I feel like a horse and buggy in a Tesla world. And, it’s pretty scary. I think I get the main point. The world is changing – a lot – fast! faster than ever before. And, the pace of change is only going to accelerate. But, there are times […]. Randy''s blog entries'

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MARCH 24, 2014

Here’s your heavy lifting reading for the day/week… As most of us do these days, I get multiple daily e-mails, with reading suggestions for the day. This morning, my LinkedIn Pulse e-mail started off with a link to this Forbes article, Successful Organizations Need Leaders At All Levels by Roger Trapp. It was prompted by the […].

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DECEMBER 21, 2014

Bob''s blog entries Action Learning: Simultaneous Development and Succession Planning Handbook Chris DeRose Don Pryzgodski GE’s Leadership Center Global Business Partnership Global Leadership in Healthcare Program Global Leadership Program Noel M. Tichy Noel Tichy''s latest masterpiece Portfolio/Penguin.

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MAY 28, 2011

How are technology leaders helping their organizations adapt to the accelerating change and complexity that mark today’s competitive and economic landscape? To find out, IBM interviewed 3,018 CIOs, spanning 71 countries and 18 industries. Public and private sector CIOs described both the challenges and opportunities from increasing complexity.

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JANUARY 24, 2011

Here is an excerpt from article featured by The McKinsey Quarterly online (January 2011). To read the complete article, check out other resources, obtain subscription information, and sign up for free email alerts, please click here. * * * Few companies create strategies that deliver more value than the sum of their business unit [.]

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JULY 7, 2015

Over the weekend, my wife and I took in the Perot Museum. One highlight was the showing of the movie Living in the Age of Airplanes. Narrated by Harrison Ford, it was a wonderful brief history of the airplane. Well, not quite. It was a wonderful look at the impact of the airplane. This is closer. […].

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OCTOBER 11, 2015

He was Global CMO of McDonald’s from 2002 to 2005. More recently, Light was the interim Global Chief Brands Officer of IHG.… Larry Light is the Chief Executive Officer of Arcature LLC, consultants in brand management. … Read More Larry Light: An interview by Bob Morris.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2013

In it, he discusses why investors love Jeff Bezos’s global-everything store, even though they aren’t making any money from it yet—and it’s not clear how they will. Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Derek Thompson for The Atlantic.

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AUGUST 10, 2013

He is also the author of Global Dexterity: How to Adapt Behavior Across Cultures Without Losing Yourself in the Process, published by Harvard Business Review Press in March, 2013. Andy Molinsky is an associate professor at Brandeis University’s International Business School, with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology.

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MARCH 3, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Global Tilt: Leading Your Business Through the Great Economic Power Shift Ram Charan The AIG Story Maurice R. Greenberg and Lawrence Cunningham Global Tilt: Leading Your Business Through the Great Economic Power Shift Ram Charan HBR’s [.].

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APRIL 9, 2013

Tellis is Director of the Center for Global Innovation, Neely Chair of American Enterprise, and Professor of Marketing, Management & Organization at the Marshall School of Business, the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. He specializes in innovation, advertising, global market entry, new product growth, and pricing.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

(as I wrote earlier, I am on vacation. So, back to regular blog posting around Aug. —————- I have read many books on leadership, but we still seem to face a real shortage of leaders. And not just individuals in leadership positions, but also “bigger arena” leaders.

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JUNE 1, 2016

Scott Whitaker is a Partner with Global PMI Partners and has been involved in dozens of mergers and acquisitions totaling nearly $100 billion in value. Industry experience includes healthcare, financial services, telecommunications, gaming, hospitality, chemicals, oil & gas, industrial manufacturing, retail and consumer durables.

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APRIL 22, 2013

He is Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour at IMD and consultant to several global companies including Accenture, Alcan, Amer Sports, Barclays Global Investors, Cisco, Coca-Cola, HP, IBM, IFC, Morgan Stanley, Motorola, Nestlé, Nokia, Roche, Sara Lee, Tetra Pak, and Toyota. He is also a Police Psychologist [.].

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DECEMBER 20, 2015

Jeremie Kubicek is the co­founder of GiANT Worldwide, a global company dedicated to leadership transformation through intentional apprenticeship. He is responsible for the creation of the global leadership simulcast event,… Read More Jeremie Kubicek: An interview by Bob Morris.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Here is an excerpt from the executive summary of a report co-authored by James Manyika, Michael Chui, Diana Farrell, Steve Van Kuiken, Peter Groves, and Elizabeth Almasi Doshi for the McKinsey Global Institute. To check out the report and other resources, learn more about the Institute and/or McKinsey & Company, please click here.

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JUNE 25, 2011

Getting China and India Right: Strategies for Leveraging the World’s Fastest Growing Economies for Global Advantage Anil K.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The results of another McKinsey Global Survey indicate that — according to Brad Brown, Johnson Sikes, and Paul Willmott — CEOs and other senior executives are increasingly engaged as their companies step up efforts to build digital enterprises.

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

He founded and hosts the global Employee Engagement Network, with more than 6,400 members and counting. He fuses a down-to-earth prairie upbringing with a global reach. David Zinger connects the strength of one with the power of many as an engagement speaker, coach, and consultant.

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MAY 24, 2013

Later this month the McKinsey Global Institute will publish an assessment of the probable economic impact of disruptive […].

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JULY 16, 2013

To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * The workplace has never been more global […].

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DECEMBER 16, 2015

Silverstein is a leader of The Boston Consulting Group’s global consumer practice. He specializes in helping the senior team at large multinationals transform their companies through superior consumer insight, accelerated organic growth, and M&A.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

million employees globally. Before Walmart his most recent role was at Marriott International, where he led global HR operations […]. He previously held roles in International Human Resources, and was responsible for the world’s largest performance management and employee engagement programs at Walmart, covering nearly 2.2

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JULY 29, 2012

Here is the executive summary of a recent report featured online by The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), the business and economics research arm of McKinsey & Company. MGI was established in 1990 to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving global economy.

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DECEMBER 6, 2015

Silverstein is a leader of The Boston Consulting Group’s global consumer practice. He specializes in helping the senior team at large multinationals transform their companies through superior consumer insight, accelerated organic growth, and M&A.

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