Contently co-founder Shane Snow says it’s not always a good thing if team members get along too well. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Fight to Win: How a Little Friction Sparks Innovation

Appealing to people’s emotions helps new ideas cut through the clutter. Source: McKinsey Telling a good innovation story

When the GM plant in Janesville, Wisconsin, shut down, taking thousands of jobs with it, the town had to figure out a new future. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Janesville: A Story of Recovery After the Great Recession

The primary purpose of a nonprofit company is to help a certain cause. These organizations’ missions usually differ from those of traditional businesses. If you operate a nonprofit business, I commend you. It’s great to see entrepreneurs helping other people and providing aid to charitable organizations. But just because your motive for running your business Read more about How to Increase the Profitability of Your Nonprofit Organization[…]

A new approach to segment strategy, distribution, and pricing can help companies win in the evolving cutting-tools market. Source: McKinsey The US cutting-tools market: What changes lie ahead?

Incumbents in the automotive industry should prepare for a changing landscape as India grows into the world’s third-largest passenger-vehicle market and global trends disrupt the sector. Source: McKinsey The future of mobility in India’s passenger-vehicle market

Public-sector leaders recently met with leaders from the region’s most innovative companies to learn about their culture of innovation firsthand. Here’s what they heard. Source: McKinsey Advice from Silicon Valley: How tech-sector practices can promote innovation in government

Far from rendering the bank branch obsolete, digital technology holds the key to the branch of the future. Source: McKinsey A bank branch for the digital age

Kristie Rogers, an assistant professor of management at Marquette University, has identified a free and abundant resource most leaders aren’t giving employees enough of: respect. She explains the two types of workplace respect, how to communicate them, and what happens when you don’t foster both. Rogers is the author of the article “Do Your Employees Read more about 638: The 2 Types of Respect Leaders Must Show[…]

From mid-2015 to 2017, Vanke, one of China’s largest real estate developers, became embroiled in a drawn-out hostile takeover bid. The battle started when a relatively unknown Chinese activist investor, the Baoneng Group, quietly began to buy up shares of this star performer. By late 2015, Baoneng emerged as Vanke’s largest shareholder. Vanke’s major rival, Read more about Vanke: Fending Off a Hostile Takeover[…]