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Why WikiLeaks Matters More (And Less) than You Think

Harvard Business Review

So at the Cancun climate talks , one country has already committed to updating it for the 21st century — by including the costs of environmental damage to make the numbers a little more meaningful. Perhaps the most basic economic institution is GDP. That country? Not America, the UK, or France — but India.

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Cirque du Soleil: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Cirque du Soleil: The Spark – Igniting the Creative Fire that Lives within Us All Created by Lyn Heward and written by John U. Bacon Doubleday (2006) “From a tiny spark a great fire was kindled and its flames warmed the world.” Cirque du Soleil is one of the 32 organizations that William C. Taylor [.].

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business Review

Long before becoming CEO, in 2016, he was searching for new growth in the hypercompetitive travel reservations market, coming across a pair of small European startups with a business model opposite to Priceline’s in two key ways: Instead of taking an up-front 25% commission on a hotel reservation, the startups charged only 15% after check-out.

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How to Gain Credibility When You Have Little Experience

Harvard Business Review

There’s a meme on the internet, which speaks truth about a dilemma for young people entering the hypercompetitive workforce of 2017. Manage your commitments and workload wisely. ” This credibility paradox is indeed a core dilemma many young people face as they enter the workforce.

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