First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article co-authored by Peter Bisson, Elizabeth Stephenson, and S. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain information about a free online subscription, please click here. * * * To sustain wealth creation, developed nations must find ways to boost [.].

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Stephenson Productivity Products McKinsey 85

First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Peter Bisson, Elizabeth Stephenson, and S. 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 [.]

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Globalization Stephenson McKinsey Trends 80

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2012

To which I can only add that, although I know nothing about the 1951 Dartmouth-Princeton game other than what I've read in the cited article, I'm confident that if anything the refs went far too easy on Dartmouth. It was inspired by comments from author Neal Stephenson, who espoused the latter view in a Q&A at MIT.

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Stephenson Film Media Innovation 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

Neal Stephenson’s The Diamond Age inspired Jeff Bezos to create the Kindle ; Sergey Brin mines Stephenson’s even more famous Snow Crash for insights into virtual reality. The protagonists wrestle with the impacts of tech consolidation, data breaches, and the theory and practice of corporate social responsibility.

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Stephenson White Paper Real Estate Hedge 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2017

Recall, for instance, a time when you read an article in a magazine and then detailed its argument for a friend. That’s a form of summarizing — you’re more likely to have learned and retained information from that article after you did it. You probably have had this experience in your own life.

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Stephenson Learning-by-Doing Skills Letter 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2016

As AT&T CEO and Chair Randall Stephenson, recently told the New York Times, “There is a need to retool yourself, and you should not expect to stop… People who do not spend five to 10 hours a week in online learning will obsolete themselves with the technology.”

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Stephenson Company Agility Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2018

Randall Stephenson, then CEO of AT&T, famously said , “I told people you weren’t betting on a device. When Apple CEO Steve Jobs approached AT&T about partnering on a new kind of mobile phone — a touchscreen computer that would fit in your pocket — Apple had no expertise in the mobile market.

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Stephenson Kahneman CEO Commitment 10