Design in the 21st century is grappling with a crisis of identity. Despite the unprecedented popularity of design thinking within
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We are witnessing a fundamental structural shift in both the means and ends of value creation in society, which is
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Look for the outliers, companies that are so different as to be puzzling. What makes some outliers powerful, and noteworthy
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“What we need today are not tunnel vision thinkers but inquiring free-ranging minds because such minds are best fitted to
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If you’re a business leader today you are working to understand and balance the perspectives of an unprecedented variety of
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Much has been said and written of Peter Drucker, and yet there still remains a little known aspect to his
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Has China become the colonial power of the 21st century? Are Chinese politicians and businessmen recklessly exploiting Africa’s natural resources?
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