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Diverse Boards Are More Innovative

The Horizons Tracker

However, the research also highlights the significance of diverse educational, industrial, and organizational backgrounds among managers and board members in fostering innovation in research and development (R&D), thereby generating both economic and social value. ”

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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

How do we create the future while managing the present? Managing in the Gray : Five Timeless Questions for Resolving Your Toughest Problems at Work by Joseph L. To understand Greenspan's story is to see the economic and political landscape of the last 30 years—and the presidency from Reagan to George W. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Jim Fielding, Ex-Head of Disney Stores, on the Struggles of Making It as a Queer Executive

Harvard Business Review

According to Yahoo Finance, there are only four openly gay CEOs atop Fortune 500 companies. That’s up from zero in 2014, when Apple’s Tim Cook came out. But it represents less than 1% of the cohort, well below the 7% rate of Americans in general who identity as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. Is there a glass ceiling for gay executives?

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The Future of Cities Depends on Innovative Financing

Harvard Business Review

But few governments appear to have the money or the political will to foot the up-front costs to prevent or fight fragmentation. The world is not short on capital — a startling $43 trillion of assets is currently under management in the United States alone. Social impact bonds could be one of the most innovative and effective.

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Good Intentions, Bad Results: Learning from the Panic of 1826

Strategy Driven

Would-be owners required both political and financial capital, which few had in equal measure. “It’s a new financial world on the verge of a complete reorganization,” said Peter Kenny, managing director at Knight Equity Markets in Jersey City, New Jersey. Copyright 2007-2014 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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What Executives Really Need to Know About the “Emerging Markets Crisis”

Harvard Business Review

Multinational companies do have their work cut out for them, and should take a second look at their 2014 plans — but this requires separating the signal from the noise to focus on their most important management challenges. Corporate executives would be well served to turn off the television.

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World Cup Predictions Contest

Chris Brady

 No one else who picked the winner got another top 3 pick correct, and those who picked more than one of the top 3 didn't manage to get the correct winner. Then watching another thirty two countries compete in 2014-Brazil for the final.   Thanks to everyone for participating! Dreaming Big again. Clink - Clink*.

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