June 09, 2021 Youngme and Felix invite their friend and bestselling author, Harvard Business School professor Mike Norton, to discuss the old habits and new rituals we have formed over the past year, during the pandemic. Each week, the hosts give their recommendations for reading, watching, and more. Here are This Week’s Picks: Pique (an…
As the 50-year-old private equity industry matures, investment returns are falling. Traditional tools of value creation such as financial engineering are outdated. The next frontier of value creation is to design and manage PE portfolios as a business ecosystem. With portfolio companies linked together, synergies can be realized. Value is primarily created through revenue enhancements, procurement…
In today’s digitized health care environment, the quality of decision making depends on the quality and availability of the underlying data. Smart data integration can help increase the quality of data-based decision making, especially in scenarios where clinical decision makers face multiple barriers and challenges along the patient pathway. In medicine, decision making has a…
It comes with political baggageROLF BUCH, chief executive of Vonovia, Germany’s biggest residential-property company, says he has learned a lot since he tried and failed to buy Deutsche Wohnen (DW), the second-biggest, in 2015. Back then Mr Buch’s hostile bid was an attempt to prevent DW from combining with third-ranked LEG. Neither deal came to…
But travel rules are holding up a restart in North AmericaTHE LATEST addition to the fleet of Carnival, the world’s biggest cruise operator, is the Mardi Gras. This ocean-going playground for 5,300 passengers comes complete with six different zones, including a “French Quarter”, two dozen restaurants and a rollercoaster. It is set to arrive at…
When it comes to logistics, Chinese tech giants take divergent routesIN 2019 RICHARD LIU told couriers working for JD.com that the Chinese e-commerce giant he founded would cancel their base pay after a 2.8bn yuan ($438m) loss the previous year, its 12th consecutive one in the red. Riders would make only a commission on deliveries.…
June 07, 2021 Investor and philanthropist Vikas Shah has been an entrepreneur since he was a teenager. And throughout much of his career, he struggled with anxiety and depression. But for a long time, he didn’t have the words to identify how he was feeling, let alone address it. Shah speaks with host Morra Aarons-Mele…
The pandemic has caused many workers to think deeply about what’s most important in their lives and how to spend more of their time focused on what gives them purpose. The more managers understand and help support the existential needs of their employees, the more they’ll be able to retain workers and benefit from a…
Many startups today have adopted a “self-directed” model, which includes flat organizational structures, minimal hierarchy, self-management, and an emphasis on empowerment. When these companies are small, this model confers all sorts of advantages. But it’s hard for companies to stick to that model when they grow and scale. Some companies have successfully managed it, however…
Middle managers have long had reputations as ineffective or weak supervisors. But research shows that, in fact, they’re often the people that make an organization run smoothly between hierarchies. Especially today, as companies become more reliant on virtual modes of management and communication, investing in these managers as “connecting leaders” is vital. To do so,…