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Managing in an Age of Winner-Take-All

Harvard Business Review

Over the last 250 years, waves upon waves of scientific and engineering advances have brought about an accelerating rise in living standards that even the two deadliest wars in history could not reverse. The digital revolution — the “mother of all technology developments”— marks a fork in the road.

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The 6 Ways Business Leaders Talk About Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

One way to expand your thinking is to look to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, whose time horizon is 2030; think of them as a purchase order from the future. Meanwhile, Al Gore’s Generation Foundation sees sustainability as the new engine of economic growth.

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