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Rising COVID cases, falling economy

Tom Spencer

trillion towards the end of 2010. If Keen is sincere in his belief that gold is not money, then he should find it truly baffling that the US holds more than 8,000 metric tons of gold in reserve. Increasing our stock of productive capital requires a pool of savings. That means it took 97 years to add the first $2.4

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Bridging Organization Design and Performance

Kates Kesler

The economic recovery of 2010-2015 has triggered a number of high-profile mergers, but even more break-ups and spin-offs among large global companies, particularly those based in the US. Global business units (products, brands, categories, or customer segments). Studying these companies up close is productive.

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The Benefits of Hiring Your Best Customers

Harvard Business

And this is not just the superconsumers outside your organization who are passionate about your products and services. And they’re sure to have great ideas about how to improve your products and business. The key is to look beyond just the obvious places like marketing. Disclosure:Anheuser-Busch is a former client.)

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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

Royal Dutch Philips is a $20B diversified consumer electronics, healthcare, and lighting products company. He reset collaborative P&L metrics and business review processes, shared by the region leaders and the global product leaders, to form tight “business handshakes,” that he regards as the center of a granular set of growth strategies.

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The Fundamentals of Leadership Still Haven’t Changed

Harvard Business

The challenge, she said, was that these managers were highly proficient in their own disciplines such as finance, marketing, research, clinical care, and insurance reimbursement — and had demonstrated that they could manage people in these areas — but she needed them to be “bigger” leaders.