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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

1] He also worked hard to build his social capital with other talented inventors, but also with wealthy families and financiers like J. Human capital: who you are as a leader of innovation . Social capital: who you know with key expertise and resources. Morgan, the Vanderbilts, and the Rockefellers.

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How to Negotiate After a Staggering Defeat: A Playbook for Democrats

Harvard Business Review

From a negotiation perspective, I’d advise Democrats to leverage many of these developments to energize their base with an eye to the 2018 midterm elections. Democrats and Republicans must start accumulating today the political and social capital they will surely need if they are to face a future crisis together.