Click here to listen to an AI recording of this post. I just returned from an exciting trip to Qingdao, China. In addition to eating brains and snails, I saw something that blew my mind when I visited a Haier washing machine factory. To the common observer, the process to create the appliances simply looks […]
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The Increasing Pace of Change Corporate leaders and strategists today express feeling overwhelmed. They are trying to keep pace with and make sense of a proliferation of potentially disruptive trends, including generative AI, 3D printing, digitization, robotics, and a flood of data, and all of this is happening within a context of increasing change –
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Osceola County, Florida, is growing. From 2010 to 2022, the number of residents more than doubled, climbing 56% from 269,841 to 422,545. For comparison, during that same period, the population of the US grew by 7.7% and Florida by 18%.
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Beef, bun, lettuce, tomato, cheese … there is nothing more American than the classic burger.
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Has COVID pushed us toward a new era of work? Of all the painful effects of it, might it push us to a world in which success at work is judged by merit rather than status? Amidst a great employment reshuffling and a shortage of talented laborers, employers are updating their hiring standards, and employees
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Across many industries, the pandemic whisked the world along in an upheaval of transition. Ready or not, digital transformation pointed the way to survive, if not excel, in a suddenly virtual world.
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Mir Imran is a legendary innovator. He started a career of building healthcare companies in the late 1970s and has been developing breakthrough medical innovations for over 40 years. He has founded more than 20 life sciences companies, 15 of which have gone public or been acquired.
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A new year offers a reset period. An opportunity to transform our daily habits with the hope that small changes compound and, if we stick to them with consistency, by the end of the year our lives could look drastically different.
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On my ride up to Vermont to ski each winter, I follow a path through Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. While the route is mostly bordered by traditional farms, there is one that looks more like a secret lab. From a complex of large semi-translucent warehouses emanates an eerie blue light that reflects the trees
Every weekend, like most busy parents, I do my best to convince my three children to come out of their rooms, put down their phones, and spend some time with their dad. Sharing a meal is the best way to bring us together, and an abundance of delivery options lets us capitalize on the time
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