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Lafley’s P&G Brand Cull and the 80/20 Rule

Harvard Business Review

Declaring he’d cull up to 100 brands — many of which he’d acquired and developed — P&G CEO A.G. P&G is cutting its global brand portfolio by more than half. Lafley launches a “game changer” profoundly different than what he championed in his eponymous 2008 bestseller.

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What If Companies Managed People as Carefully as They Manage Money?

Harvard Business Review

According to Bain’s Macro Trends Group, the global supply of capital stands at nearly 10 times global GDP. Finding, developing, and retaining this talent is hard — so much so that the business press refers to a “war” for talent. Financial capital is relatively abundant and cheap. Measure it.