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Business Growth without growth: a flatline economy playbook Recession risks dominate headlines. It's time to rethink growth in a slow, flatline economy.
Business Goldman's Rob Kaplan unpacks Trump economics Unpacking Trumpenomics and the challenge of five massive, concurrent economic changes.
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Business Someone who can use AI will take your job & other memes It's a convenient meme perpetrated by those not willing to admit entire jobs will be "disappeared."
Business When data driven is data blind and the ethnography fix Competitive advantage belongs to those who integrate the big data and ethnography.
Business The COVID trust deficit & why you should worry 40% of Gen-Z feel left behind and that they are angry at the rich and powerful. This is a crisis.
Business Brand: A strategic edge for companies in transition How to transform your go-to-market mechanics while navigating 2025's market volatility.
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Business Starbucks returns to its brand roots to grow Can Starbucks balance efficiency with its “premium, personalized” brand promise?
Business When tech ambition meets agricultural reality Larry Ellison dropped over $500 million trying to revolutionize agriculture. What can we learn?
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Business How to talk to a non-technical board about IT investments As you progress in your career, you’ll need to present to the board. Here's how to do it to get the things you need.
Business Bourdain on Teams Anthony Bourdain explains why a kitchen is a true meritocracy, and why there's no room for "cultural baggage."
Business How Ransomware Will Impact the Ag Industry The Ag industry is now a ransomware target, along with America's critical infrastructure.
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Business A tiny year of business travel, 2019 in review Revisiting pre-COVID business travel as we look ahead to the global economy reopening. Will it ever be as much fun again?
Business Drive to Survive: The Return of Formula One In its third action-packed season, Netflix' series Formula 1: Drive to Survive is the most captivating insight inside the world of Formula One ever produced.
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