Wharton’s David Musto talks about programs Penn has developed to teach high school students about financial literacy, a process he says should start when people are young.…Read More Source: Knowledge @ Wharton How Financial Literacy Helps Underserved Students | David Musto
The amount of work we need to get done seems to grow daily. To avoid becoming overwhelmed, we have to become more productive than ever. Laura Mae Martin has advice on what has worked well at one of the biggest organizations in the world. She’s the Executive Productivity Advisor at Google and shares the Read more about Treat Email Like Laundry — and Other Tips from Google’s Productivity Expert[…]
Overcoming the challenges to capturing cloud value, particularly those that are unique to European companies, requires a five-pronged strategy. Source: McKinsey The state of cloud computing in Europe: Increasing adoption, low returns, huge potential
Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you’re looking for a quick win. Source: McKinsey Creating Read more about Creating Value Beyond the Hype | No. 174[…]
In this final retrospective, McKinsey senior partners and best-selling authors share insights from their book, discuss the “life cycle of a CEO,” and talk about developments in their ongoing research. Source: McKinsey Impacting audiences across the globe: CEO Excellence revisited
Price transparency is one of several industry innovations that is increasing the potential for consumerism in US healthcare. Source: McKinsey How price transparency could affect US healthcare markets
Research from Wharton’s Damon J. Phillips finds that people who have been incarcerated, especially Black men, seek entrepreneurship as an alternative to low wages and a lack of opportunity in traditional employment.…Read More Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Life After Prison: Why Returning Citizens Become Entrepreneurs
Amid decade-high CFO turnover, former chief financial officers share advice on what matters most today for securing the top job in finance. Source: McKinsey How to prepare for the CFO role
Reducing direct imports from a country may not reduce geopolitical risk as much as you might expect. Source: McKinsey How shockproof is your supply chain, really?