First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Peter Bisson, Elizabeth Stephenson, and S. To read the complete article, check out a wealth of resources, and watch a video during which McKinsey director Bisson explains why trends matter, the value of tracking global forces, and how [.]

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Globalization Stephenson McKinsey Trends 80

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2012

Then there's another view, which I heard from author Neal Stephenson in an MIT lecture hall last week. Stephenson was clearly trying to be provocative. A hundred years from now, he said, we might look back on the late 20th and early 21st century and say, "It was an actively creative society.

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Stephenson Innovation Biotechnology eBook 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2014

OnLive’s product enabled high-end video games to be hosted in the cloud and played from any device. Adding video gaming service to their broadband offering would give AT&T a unique advantage over their rivals. The decision maker at AT&T was CEO Randall Stephenson.

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Stephenson Due Diligence Finance Wireless 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2017

Leaders don’t inquire about coworkers’ life experiences; they stay quiet when headlines blare reports of racial violence or videos capture acts of blatant discrimination. The response, at most organizations, is no response. Their silence is often born of a conviction that race, like politics, is best discussed elsewhere.

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Ryan Stephenson Groupthink Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2013

As Michael Stephenson , a key leader in global customer programs at Oracle puts it, his firm has various business units that focus on specific industries. For example, smaller, moderated sessions at your customer conferences, with no video or other record. Often, the key customers in these areas aren''t the everyday brand names.

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Brand Stephenson PR Reference 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

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.

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Stephenson Guidelines Supply Chain Analysis 9