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How silent meditation helped me succeed at work
LEADERSHIP In this opinion piece, Payal Sheth, a global marketing manager at the Boston Consulting Group, explains how an ancient meditation technique...
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What digital disruptors can teach traditional retailers
MARKETING The big retail shakeout of 2017 is battering traditional chains of all stripes: Payless has filed for bankruptcy and is closing...
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What money managers miss in currency carry trades
FINANCE A common trading strategy is the currency carry trade — borrowing in the currency of a country with a low interest...
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Why some companies need more tortoises, not hares
MANAGEMENT The New Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell has a colleague whom he characterizes as a “neurotic tortoise.” That may not...
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The retirement problem: What will you do with all that time?
MANAGEMENT You’re excited about retirement, right? You’ve worked hard for, what, four or five decades now? You’re due. No more early...
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Taking the reins: How one CEO transformed his consulting firm
LEADERSHIP Not many of today’s CEOs can say they’ve spent nearly their entire career at their firm, but Boston Consulting Group’s...
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Why Blockchain creates a new ‘architecture of trust’
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST: Wharton professor Kevin Werbach explains why the blockchain is upending the business world. Wharton legal studies and business...
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To manage millennials, lead them well
MANAGEMENT A common view about the millennial generation – generally defined as individuals born between 1980 and 2000 – is that they...
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How business can take the lead on combating climate change
SOCIAL IMPACT President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. intends to withdraw from the Paris climate accord has focused a wide array of...
