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

Harvard Business Review

P&G is cutting its global brand portfolio by more than half. Instead of focusing on innovation, as he did during his first tour as CEO of the world’s largest consumer packaged goods firm, Lafley is now innovating on focus. represent an innovation repudiation of Lafley 1.0? . innovation.

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Two Forces Moving Business Closer to Climate Action

Harvard Business Review

Last week, “ The Better Growth, Better Climate ” report from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate exploded the myth that we have to choose between building a prosperous, expanding economy and doing it in a way that protects our shared home and resource base (also called the planet). We citizen consumers need to step up, too.

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