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Leading a Company That Wants to Change Lives through Sports

Strategy+Business

The CEO overseeing Adidas's flourishing is Kasper Rørsted, a man who spent the first half of his career in the tech industry. Think high-profile consumer goods, and sports apparel comes quickly to mind. For the last few years, the world's fastest-growing major sports apparel enterprise has been Adidas.

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From Wearables To Telemedicine To Direct-To-Consumer Prescriptions, Here’s How Healthcare Is Becoming Consumer-Centric

SkillQuo

Article Credit: CB Insights. High deductible plans and new technologies are turning patients into savvy healthcare consumers, with higher expectations around service and experience. Companies are positioning themselves to take advantage of this shift. In healthcare, that change has come more slowly. TABLE OF CONTENTS. MOBILE TAKES OFF.

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Keeping Human Stories at the Center of Health Care

Harvard Business

A mentor told me early in my career that only 20% of healing involves the high-tech stuff. VCG/Getty Images. Caring for the health and well-being of our fellow humans has always been viewed as a combination of art and science. It’s time for that to change. Some dysfunction may always exist in our health care systems. Insight Center.

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The Scale of the Climate Catastrophe Will Depend on What Businesses Do Over the Next Decade

Harvard Business

Shana Novak/Getty Images. This week brought some sobering news on the near future of our planet and species. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued an important new report about how dire the consequences of climate change are becoming , and how fast we need to move to avoid the worst. °C (3.8°F) °C (3.8°F)

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