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June 05, 2015 Want to Get Ahead? Work on Your Improv Skills
A new book from The Second City explains how its improvisational techniques can help support innovation and leadership.
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18 min
June 03, 2015 Why Networks Are Key to Fighting Cyber Warfare
RANE founder David Lawrence and Sullivan & Cromwell co-Managing Partner Jay Clayton discuss cybersecurity threats and how they can be handled in the future including development of a national commission similar to the one for 9/11.
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7 min
June 03, 2015 How Riders for Health Is Keeping Medical Care Rolling in Africa
To get medical care to patients in Africa it takes vehicles -- a lot of them. Nonprofit Riders for Health has the mission of managing those vehicles and keeping them from falling into disrepair.
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24 min
May 29, 2015 The FIFA Scandal: Is This the ‘Tip of the Iceberg’?
As the soccer world reels in the wake of the FIFA corruption scandal experts call for increased transparency to save the game from disrepute.
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23 min
May 27, 2015 John Nash’s Legacy Lives on in Business Strategy
With his work in game theory late Nobel laureate John Nash transformed the field of strategy formulation in organizations. The millennial generation will help unlock the full value of his ideas say Wharton experts.
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27 min
May 21, 2015 Are Financial Penalties Enough to Deter Banks’ Bad Behavior?
News that five of the world’s biggest banks will plead guilty to rigging global currency markets has raised concerns about whether fines are effective deterrents to fraudulent behavior.
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11 min
May 20, 2015 Social Impact 101: Building Companies That Make a Difference
Joey Hundert -- social entrepreneur start-up consultant and founder of the “Sustainival” -- has been working for a decade and a half to promote ventures that both make money and make the world a better place.
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15 min
May 15, 2015 A ‘Dumb Pipe’ No More: What Verizon Wants from AOL
With its bid to buy AOL Verizon is eying big ad revenues and a move up the industry food chain.
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23 min
May 15, 2015 How Kohl’s Took the Road Less Traveled to Be a National Retailer
Kohl’s didn’t merge its way to the top of the retail sector; instead it clicked with customers by staying ahead of the curve on trends former president Jay Baker says in the second part of a two-part interview.
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22 min
May 14, 2015 How Reggie Love Got His Presidential Education
A book by Reggie Love former personal aide to President Barack Obama explores what he has learned from his mentors.
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13 min

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