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July 14, 2016 Family Inc.: Bringing Business Lessons Home
Companies use their assets to create profit. Douglas McCormick author of Family Inc. explains why families should do the same.
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28 min
July 14, 2016 The Internet as Art: Creating a New Form of Communication
Society is co-creating a new form of communication on the internet whether by texting emoji or uploading photos on Instagram. A new book by former New York Times TV critic Virginia Heffernan explores this new art form.
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25 min
July 11, 2016 Building the Entrepreneurial Base in Africa
J. Eric Wright a venture capitalist based in South Africa believes the biggest opportunity for entrepreneurs in the continent lies in the consumer space.
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18 min
July 08, 2016 Bringing Out the Best in Teams: Lessons from Special Ops
A former Navy SEAL who trained Special Forces offers insight into choosing and nurturing successful teams.
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15 min
July 08, 2016 New Approaches to Winning the Fight Against Superbugs
The recent discovery of the first pan-drug resistant ‘superbug’ in the U.S. has alarmed the medical community. What are the possible solutions?
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23 min
July 07, 2016 Losing Our ‘Tribe’: The Cost of Today’s Divided World
Modern society favors individuality and isolation. But evolution crafted humans to live in tribes a system that’s all but vanished. A new book by Sebastian Junger looks at the cost of living individualistic lives.
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23 min
July 07, 2016 How to Have a Good Day at Work
Author Caroline Webb’s new book ”How to Have a Good Day ” dives into the latest behavioral science research on a question we all want answered: What can we do to be happier at work – and elsewhere?
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24 min
July 07, 2016 Is There a Link Between Ethnicity and Economics?
Does ethnicity influence economics? Oxford professor Derek Penslar says there is no monolithic “Jewish economy.” Rather certain forms of economic behavior among Jews tended to repeat themselves in many situations.
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16 min
July 05, 2016 The Latest Fallout from the Volkswagen Scandal: Five Key Takeaways
The Volkswagen scandal emphasizes the need to change corporate culture in order to discourage similar violations and encourage executives to follow through on corrective actions experts say.
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28 min
July 01, 2016 Selling America’s National Parks
With a budget that hasn’t risen in years and $12 billion in deferred maintenance the National Park Service is expanding its corporate sponsorship program. But that doesn’t mean there will be logos on trees.
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27 min

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