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The Right Way to Prepare for a High-Stakes Conversation
ByHBR.org July 6, 2025September 22, 2025
Summary: Most leaders enter high-stakes conversations armed with rehearsed arguments and rebuttals to anticipated objections—mindsets that unknowingly blind them to breakthrough insights and put their relationships at risk. The “Curiosity Check,” a rapid, pre-conversation diagnostic, helps leaders shift from defensive certainty to productive curiosity. Before commercial pilots push back from the gate, they complete a comprehensive…
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Economic conditions outlook, June 2025
ByMcKinsey & Company July 6, 2025September 22, 2025
Surveyed executives increasingly point to changes to trade policy and relationships as a disruptive force they expect to affect the world economy, their countries, and their companies. The survey data were collected one week before the Iran–Israel conflict began. This article and the data and analysis it sets out should be treated as a perspective…
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The Year of Quantum: From concept to reality
ByMcKinsey & Company July 6, 2025September 22, 2025
Our fourth annual Quantum Technology Monitor report shows that surging investment and faster-than-expected innovation could propel the quantum market to $100 billion in a decade. When it comes to quantum technology (QT), investment is surging and breakthroughs are multiplying. The United Nations has designated 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, celebrating 100 years since the…
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Future of Supply Chains 2025
ByBSR July 5, 2025September 22, 2025
This primer provides a new way of thinking about the future of supply chains—bringing together the top procurement priorities of leading global businesses and the key forces of change reshaping the very business models that have given rise to global supply chains—to enable supply chain leaders to envision and manage future-fit supply chains. Deepening our…
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The Future of Supply Chain Management: Trends and Innovations
ByUniversity of the Cumberlands July 5, 2025September 22, 2025
The supply chain management field is undergoing a transformation as businesses respond to shifting market demands and technological advancements. With a greater emphasis on agility, sustainability, and resilience, companies are reimagining their strategies to stay competitive and meet the expectations of increasingly discerning customers. From digitalization to innovative approaches to global logistics, these changes are…
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The Tariff Wars Just Upended Your Supply Chain, Here’s How to Adapt.
ByHBR.org April 21, 2025July 14, 2025
Summary. The huge uncertainties unleashed by President Trump’s tariff war has made business planning almost impossible. To cope, managers need to take stock of the challenges. They should also take steps to better ride out the gyrations and prepare for what may lie beyond them. These steps include: make sure your organizations are prepared with country-of-origin…
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