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Why Business Leaders Need to Read More Science Fiction

Harvard Business Review

As the barrier dissolves between political and commercial power structures, the book raises questions about large multinationals whose budgets are bigger than small countries’ and CEOs who have growing roles as statespeople. William Gibson famously coined the term “cyberspace” in his 1984 masterpiece Neuromancer.

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People Suffer at Work When They Can’t Discuss the Racial Bias They Face Outside of It

Harvard Business Review

Do the political, racial, and social experiences that divide us outside of work undermine our contributions on the job? Their silence is often born of a conviction that race, like politics, is best discussed elsewhere. At the Center for Talent Innovation, we wanted to look into these suspicions.

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The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the U.S. Antitrust Movement

Harvard Business Review

Antitrust came to represent the Magna Carta of free enterprise – it was seen as the key to preserving economic and political freedom. The competition ideal was the belief, in line with democratic principles, in dispersing economic and political power from the hands of a few, to foster greater opportunities to compete, improve, and win.