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Innovation: Coming up with new ideas
Innovation: Coming up with new ideas

Forget the whiteboards, hammocks and ping-pong tables

Meet the boss: Liz Reid of Google
Meet the boss: Liz Reid of Google

The world’s most popular website is getting an overhaul

Presentations: It's all in the knees
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Presentations: It's all in the knees

How to captivate a room full of people

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Meet the boss: Michelle Gass of Levi Strauss & Co.
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Meet the boss: Michelle Gass of Levi Strauss & Co.

What’s the pumpkin spice latte of denim?

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Handling a crisis: Keep calm and clarion
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Handling a crisis: Keep calm and clarion

What can jazz teach managers about improvising through disaster?

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Meet the boss: Minouche Shafik, former president of Columbia University
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Meet the boss: Minouche Shafik, former president of Columbia University

How to keep calm in a crisis

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Negotiation: From no, no, no, no, no – to yes
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Negotiation: From no, no, no, no, no – to yes

Great dealmaking begins away from the table

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Meet the boss: Wendy Sherman, diplomat
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Meet the boss: Wendy Sherman, diplomat

Lessons on finding common ground from the Iran nuclear deal

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Decision-making: One- and two-way doors
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Decision-making: One- and two-way doors

Most of the time, it’s best to be bold

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Meet the boss: Ilkka Paananen of Supercell
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Meet the boss: Ilkka Paananen of Supercell

Why the “world’s least powerful CEO” prefers to delegate

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