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Why Business Leaders Need to Read More Science Fiction

Harvard Business Review

Alexander Weinstein’s Children of the New World weaves together a series of mind-bending vignettes into a compelling vision of how social media could change our lives. They make us more efficient and productive. My own near future thriller, Cumulus , explores surveillance, inequality, and winner-take-all internet economics.

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Why Mergers Like the At&T-Time Warner Deal Should Go Through

Harvard Business Review

But CEO Randall Stephenson immediately denied both versions, and reiterated that the company will not let go of either CNN or the deal itself, pledging to fight the government if necessary. That’s certainly true in media industries, which are driven by broadband, mobile devices, and new video platforms preferred by younger consumers.