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How we wrongly convince ourselves we’re right

Apr 23, 2015 // Not all data are created equally, and it turns out that people are very good at deciding which bits of information are better than other bits.
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Religious Freedom Debate Draws Out Companies

Apr 02, 2015 // “You’ve got to be seen to be standing up to something that presumably a substantial percentage of your workforce would find offensive.”
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Indiana Lawmakers Move to Clarify Religious-Objections Law

Apr 01, 2015 // Sydney Finkelstein comments on how company chiefs historically have handled controversial issues.
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Employees Without Benefits

Mar 26, 2015 // Uber’s been killing it, but what would happen if all those drivers band together to demand more?
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The secret of thinking small to win big

Feb 26, 2015 // Sydney Finkelstein says there is a big payoff for companies that embrace the logic of simplicity.
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Why is simplicity so complicated?

Feb 12, 2015 // In his Syd Weighs In column, Sydney Finkelstein writes that sometimes less is actually more.
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As Regulators Focus on Culture, Wall Street Struggles to Define It

Feb 02, 2015 // Sydney Finkelstein comments on the difficulty of measuring and regulating the culture of banks.
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This Might Be the Toughest Year Yet for CEOs

Jan 28, 2015 // Sydney Finkelstein says many CEO errors arise from arrogance and complacency.
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The best CEOs of 2014

Jan 15, 2015 // Sydney Finkelstein discusses the best CEOs of 2014.
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There's a case for companies putting more women on boards, but it's not profits

Jan 14, 2015 // "Any time someone says you can trace the specific actions of a board of directors to the bottom line of a company, it's highly unlikely except in indirect ways," says Sydney Finkelstein.
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