Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 14, 2013

McKinsey Insights ’ Pankaj Ghemawat references a survey of senior executives where 76% of them feel they need to develop global-leadership capabilities, but only 7% of feel they are doing so effectively. How do you know that they are doing well for a given time period? A research paper titled Metrics: You are what you measure by John R.

Metrics 190

Metrics Management Katz How To 190

First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 13, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from another terrific article featured online by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, in which Martin Dewhurst, Jonathan Harris, and Suzanne Heywood explain why, as the economic spotlight shifts to developing markets, global companies need new ways to manage their strategies, people, costs, and risks.

Globalization 80

Globalization McKinsey Cost Article 80

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

companies can’t fill their open positions, according to a McKinsey Global Institute study that found that analytical, engineering, and management roles are the hardest to fill. Economists Lawrence Katz and Alan Krueger found that American workers in alternative work arrangements, including temp workers, increased by 9.4

Content 9

Content Katz Forrester Budgeting 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Twenty–30% of the working age population do some form of independent work, according to McKinsey’s Global Institute , and that share is growing rapidly. Economists Larry Katz and Alan Krueger found that all of the net employment growth in the U.S. In 2000, during the dot-com crash, that rate fell below 2%.

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Katz Disaggregation McKinsey Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2015

With Washington mired in gridlock, local governments are being left “to grapple with super-sized economic, social, and environmental challenges,” Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution has asserted. A number of cities, in particular, have become hotbeds of innovation, in no small part because of the fiscal strains they face.

Drucker 8

Drucker Katz Innovation Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

A 2011 McKinsey study estimated that the internet accounted for 21% of GDP growth over the previous five years among the developed countries studied, a sharp increase over the 10% contribution over the 15 years prior. According to a study by Harvard’s Lawrence Katz and Princeton’s Alan Krueger, all net new jobs created in the U.S.

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Politics McKinsey Katz Technology 9