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This Month: Bring Back Managing for Value, 6 Ways to Give That Aren't Money, Our Favourite Management Tips on Decision-Making, Artificial Intelligence: How AI is Reshaping the Global Food System & More
July is here, and summer is in full swing! Whether you're enjoying some well-earned vacation time or tackling exciting new projects, we've gathered this month's collection of technology and business reads to keep you informed, inspired, and ahead of the curve.
Bring Back Managing for Value - After years of cheap capital, many companies drifted away from managing for shareholder value in favor of loosely defined stakeholder models. Now capital costs are moving back toward historical norms, and value maximization should once again guide decision-making. However, it must be applied differently than it has in the past. This article proposes a simple but disciplined model: Retain value maximization as the governing objective but explicitly recognize stakeholder commitments as constraints that limit the set of feasible choices.
6 Ways to Give That Aren't About Money - Good news: You can be a generous person without writing a bunch of cheques. In fact, many of the most awe-inspiring and effective examples of generosity are gifts of time and energy, talent and love, custom-fitted to a specific need. This type of giving is open to everyone.
Our Favorite Management Tips on Decision-Making - In this article, we’ve compiled 10 of our favorite tips on decision-making, from how to make choices under pressure to how to lead with clarity and care when every option feels risky.. Check it out here.
Agricultural Intelligence: How AI Is Reshaping the Global Food System - This article examines the potential transformative power of agentic AI across the agricultural value chain: its expected impact on researchers, farmers, seed and input companies, traders, distributors, and retailers. How each of these players manages through the transformation will determine just how beneficial its impact is and which ones will be the new winners and losers in the agrifood system of the future.
Why Do We Say "Straight From the Horse's Mouth"? - If something comes “straight from the horse’s mouth,” that means it comes directly from its source—particularly if that source is in some way authoritative, reliable, or lacking any kind of distortion or manipulation. But how exactly have horses’ mouths come to be associated with such direct honestyand reliability?
This Month: Bring Back Managing for Value, 6 Ways to Give That Aren't Money, Our Favourite Management Tips on Decision-Making, Artificial Intelligence: How AI is Reshaping the Global Food System & More
July is here, and summer is in full swing! Whether you're enjoying some well-earned vacation time or tackling exciting new projects, we've gathered this month's collection of technology and business reads to keep you informed, inspired, and ahead of the curve.
Bring Back Managing for Value - After years of cheap capital, many companies drifted away from managing for shareholder value in favor of loosely defined stakeholder models. Now capital costs are moving back toward historical norms, and value maximization should once again guide decision-making. However, it must be applied differently than it has in the past. This article proposes a simple but disciplined model: Retain value maximization as the governing objective but explicitly recognize stakeholder commitments as constraints that limit the set of feasible choices.
6 Ways to Give That Aren't About Money - Good news: You can be a generous person without writing a bunch of cheques. In fact, many of the most awe-inspiring and effective examples of generosity are gifts of time and energy, talent and love, custom-fitted to a specific need. This type of giving is open to everyone.
Our Favorite Management Tips on Decision-Making - In this article, we’ve compiled 10 of our favorite tips on decision-making, from how to make choices under pressure to how to lead with clarity and care when every option feels risky.. Check it out here.
Agricultural Intelligence: How AI Is Reshaping the Global Food System - This article examines the potential transformative power of agentic AI across the agricultural value chain: its expected impact on researchers, farmers, seed and input companies, traders, distributors, and retailers. How each of these players manages through the transformation will determine just how beneficial its impact is and which ones will be the new winners and losers in the agrifood system of the future.
Why Do We Say "Straight From the Horse's Mouth"? - If something comes “straight from the horse’s mouth,” that means it comes directly from its source—particularly if that source is in some way authoritative, reliable, or lacking any kind of distortion or manipulation. But how exactly have horses’ mouths come to be associated with such direct honestyand reliability?
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This Month: The Busy Trap, 10 Questions About Project-Driven Organizations, Answered, What's the Goal of the Goal?, Our Favourite Management Tips on Giving Feedback & More
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