John Mackey, cofounder and former CEO of Whole Foods Market, shares lessons learned during his 44-year tenure and his vision ...
I remember the day I realized the world was getting weird — so strange and unpredictable that conventional approaches to market forecasting would not work. It was an otherwise ordinary day in May 1985 ...
In episode three of Voices in Tech, we hear from Henrik Utvik, CTO and cofounder of the carbon capture and storage (CCS) ...
You wouldn’t expect to be able to predict the overall strategic direction of most companies by studying their executive training facilities. But ever since the 1950s, General Electric Company has ...
A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? Almost everyone feels the temptation to answer “10 cents” because the sum $1.10 so neatly ...
Business leaders often are tempted to focus on strategy over culture. But the strongest companies take four key actions that deliver the best of both. 3.Using neuroscience to make feedback work and ...
Research shows that using feedback is how organisms — and organizations — stay alive. Here’s how leaders can make the most of the anxiety-producing process. 3.Empowering women in the workplace An ...
A strong car brand can create significant value in the automotive industry. The price consumers expect to pay for otherwise identical luxury vehicles can vary as much as $4,000, depending on the car’s ...
War is not a pathology,” says Philip Bobbitt. “War is a natural condition of the state.” In his groundbreaking book The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace and the Course of History (Alfred A. Knopf, 2002) ...
A land of political and economic extremes, Latin America has long been among the world’s most challenging regions in which to do business. But corporations, some headquartered within the region and ...
This interview is part of the Inside the Mind of the CEO series, which explores a wide range of critical decisions faced by chief executives around the world. In 2005, when nature enthusiast Martin ...
During hard economic times, you would expect consumers to look for bargains and be less concerned with amenities — and companies to respond with low prices and plain products and services So why is ...