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1. The Corporate Life Cycle with Aswath Damodaran
   

   In The Corporate Life Cycle: Business, Investment, and Management Implications, Aswath Damodaran presents the corporate life cycle as a universal key for demystifying business finance, strategy and company valuation. He outlines how corporations age, describes the characteristics of each stage of their life cycle, and discusses implications for managers and investors.

   In his conversation with Martin Reeves, chairman of the BCG Henderson Institute, Damodaran outlines how … [ Read more ]

   Authors: Aswath Damodaran, Martin Reeves | Source: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) | Subject: General

2. Hidden connections that transcend borders and defy stereotypes
   

   Global consumer strategist Aparna Bharadwaj shares a fascinating glimpse at under-the-radar affinities that transcend cultures and borders -- from the way people snack in China and Saudi Arabia to how people shop for clothes in the US and Russia. "There are patterns where you least expect them," she says – and paying attention to them just might bring the world a little bit closer.

   https://www.ted.com/talks/aparna_bharadwaj_hidden_connections_that_transcend_borders_and_defy_stereotypes?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

   Author: Aparna Bharadwaj | Sources: Boston Consulting Group (BCG), TED Conferences LLC | Subjects: Customer Related, International, Marketing / Sales

3. Class Takeaways — How to Run a Meeting Effectively
   

   Lecturer Matt Abrahams shares what it takes to be a more confident, connected, and clear facilitator.

   https://youtu.be/NtVroqV4pQc

   Author: Matt Abrahams | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Communication, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

4. How to Convince Someone Using This Simple Writing Tip
   

   Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger’s latest research shows how a simple writing shift can make anyone more persuasive.

   https://youtu.be/TT4JGcN2wGg?si=RG40FXxemJW2uzpW

   Authors: Angie Basiouny, Jonah Berger | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

5. Quick Study: How to Think Like a Venture Capitalist
   

   Since the 1970s, venture capitalists have backed about one-third of all large publicly traded companies started in the U.S. That’s one of the remarkable findings from Ilya Strebulaev, a finance professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business who studies the inner workings of the VC industry.

   https://youtu.be/I6iQU4355Ng

   Author: Ilya Strebulaev | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

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1. Four-way Win: How to Integrate Work, Home, Community and Self
   While people in the business community hear a lot about the importance of work/life balance, it's often unclear exactly what that phrase means or how one achieves it. Stewart Friedman, founding director of Wharton's Leadership Program and the Work/Life Integration Project, thinks he has an answer. In his new book, titled Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life, Friedman describes the four … [ Read more ]

2. Simple Rules and Management Teams
   In the final in his three part podcast series with Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, Donald Sull, Associate Professor of Management Practice in Strategic and International Management, speaks with the Stanford University Professor about what makes good management teams. Eisenhardt begins this podcast by stating that in her opinion the most useful metaphor about teams for managers is a basketball team because the teams are fast moving, fluid … [ Read more ]

3. An anthropological introduction to YouTube
   Anthropology professor Mike Wesch of Kansas State University presented this lecture at the Library of Congress on June 23rd, 2008.

4. The Story of Stuff
   From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls … [ Read more ]

5. The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy: An Interview with Michael E. Porter
   Michael Porter published an article in the January 2008 Harvard Business Review updating his famous five forces model. Here is an interview with him (12:57 minutes) on the relevance of the 5 Forces in today's world.

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