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SAP’s Bill McDermott provides a CEO’s plan to defy disruption

Big, successful companies are the hardest to change.

Q&A: McKinsey’s Dom Barton on the four things that worry business

McKinsey’s Dominic Barton talks about the new geopolitics, cannibalization, and the global shift in economic power.

Mary Barra’s (unexpected) opportunity

General Motors’ massive recall scandal has been a disaster—but it just might help the CEO finally reform the company’s sclerotic culture.

Employers are looking for new hires with something extra: Empathy

As the demand for technical and interpersonal job skills continue to grow, CEOs are concluding that to compete and win, they first need to understand the customer’s inner experience.

Kathy Giusti: Cancer Warrior

How one former pharmaceutical exec changed the way patients and drug companies work together.

Brad Smith: Getting rid of friction

A conversation with the CEO of Intuit, which turned small business into big business–and kept growing.

‘Income inequality’—the most boring debate in America

The endless partisan bickering is stale and unproductive. That can change if we confront three tough questions that no one is asking right now.

Christine Lagarde: The global economy is finally turning the corner

A conversation with the woman who became IMF chief just when it became a high-profile job for unfortunate reasons.

In the future, will there be any work left for people to do?

Driverless cars are safer than human-driven ones. Computers can predict Supreme Court decisions better than legal scholars. What’s next?

The Most Misused Word in Health Care

“Rationing” misstates what’s occurring with Obamacare — and private insurance — and only distorts an already overheated debate.