Category: Business
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Lean for the modern company
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Tom Ehrenfeld reviews What a Unicorn Knows: How Leading Entrepreneurs Use Lean Principles to Drive Sustainable Growth, by…
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A tale of two ways to think about climate change
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Mike Jakeman reviews Scarcity: A History from the Origins of Capitalism to the Climate Crisis, by Fredrik Albritton…
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Leap to leader: Make yourself heard
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In his new book, Adam Bryant shares tactics that up-and-coming leaders can use to prove they are ready…
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Why do large projects go over budget?
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Daniel Akst reviews How Big Things Get Done, by Bent Flyvbjerg, a University of Oxford expert on the…
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An enduring portrait of courage in the C-suite
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Drawing business lessons from literature, Daniel Akst shines a light on the essential qualities of leadership, as espoused…
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Clocking out: Millennials and the workforce
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Mike Jakeman reviews Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock, by Jenny Odell, the latest in a…
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The mechanics of entrepreneurship
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Tom Ehrenfeld reviews The Entrepreneurs: The Relentless Quest for Value, by Derek Lidow, which analyzes the factors that…
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Cinema and the C-suite: Leadership lessons from Other People’s Money
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Daniel Akst looks for leadership lessons in the 1991 film Other People’s Money, set in the heyday of…
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A closer look at insurance markets
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Mike Jakeman reviews Risky Business: Why Insurance Markets Fail and What to Do About It, a book that…
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Profiles in burnout
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In The Burnout Challenge, pioneering researchers Christina Maslach and Michael Leiter argue that companies aren’t treating employee burnout…
