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Why Leaders Are Still So Hesitant to Invest in New Business Models

Harvard Business Review

Today, the majority of market value is made up of intangible assets (networks, platforms, intellectual property, customer relationships, big data) more than physical assets. In fact, it’s not even close: intangible assets make up over 80% of the S&P 500’s market value — a complete reversal from 1975.

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What Younger Workers Can Learn from Older Workers, and Vice Versa

Harvard Business Review

What we asked people was, at this point in their lives, are they actively building, maintaining, or depleting their tangible and intangible assets? Actively building both tangible and intangible assets is crucial to creating a long and productive working life. What the Old Can Learn from the Young.

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How Work Will Change When Most of Us Live to 100

Harvard Business Review

Take, for instance, the age at which people make commitments such as buying a house, getting married, having children, or starting a career. And yet that does not mean that simply extending our careers is appealing. A multi-stage life will have profound changes not just in how you manage your career, but also in your approach to life.

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GDP Is a Wildly Flawed Measure for the Digital Age

Harvard Business Review

Many workers have found, well into their careers, that their physical skills for making and transporting “things” are less relevant and valuable than the once were. New workers embarking on their careers are finding that their education is incomplete in many areas essential to our technology-driven lives today.

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