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What should managers do when things go wrong?

Whatever the causes, there can be no doubting the result. The world is going through a period of acute economic anxiety and falling economic performance, both in large matters and small. In a sense, everybody has been here before. ...READ»

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So Sorry, Sir Martin

Life is good when you're a hot young ad shop, with lots of buzz and a wacky name (sure, Mother, Naked, and Strawberry Frog are a little goofy, but they're a vast improvement over their poetically named elders like BBDO, DDB, PHD, ...READ»

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Whatever Happened to Globalization?

One of the world's most powerful advertising executives, Martin Sorrell, offers a provocative set of ideas about doing business around the world. His biggest worry: "It's all too easy to get out of touch with what's really going on."READ»

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Stuart Burnett - Fast 50 2002

34. Gain New PerspectivesREAD»

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Big Winner at Cannes? SWAG

The most sought after prize at Cannes this week, aside from those fancy little lions...READ»

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iFive: Life as a Clean-up Worker, Murdoch's Paywall Goes Up, the Centenarian Gene, Lexus Recall, Cycling Tech in London

While you were sleeping, innovation was whisking its love away for a cruise on its private yacht, and then erecting a paywall around her so that no one could see her. Strange, that.1. The Los Angeles Times has documented what life is ...READ»

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The Near-Sighted CEO

In yesterday's Financial Times, columnist John Gapper makes the case that top organizational leaders don't need to be innovative -- that can be left to their underlings. Contrasting David Ogilvy and Martin Sorrell -- both of whom ...READ»

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Is Your Company Up To Speed?

Does your strategy buck the conventional wisdom? Are you as committed to creating new leaders as you are to launching new products? Is your organization built for speed? Here are 10 make-or-break questions to evaluate your company's performance -- and 25 fast companies that pass the test.READ»

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DMI Branding Conference - Brand Smackdown

Robert Wallace, of Wallace Church, and Frank Nuovo, Nokia's former design chief, offered intriguing presentations this afternoon. Wallace focused on bringing simplicity and clarity to branding, offering ten cogent steps for building ...READ»

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A Mad Man Gets His Head Together

Maurice Lévy, CEO of Publicis Groupe, has bet more than $1 Billion that he can define the future of digital advertising. Getting there has been enough to make anyone a little schizophrenic. READ»

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How an Economist's Cry for Ethical Capitalism was Heard

Not long ago, economist Noreena Hertz lived at the lefty margins of her field. But her (widely ignored) prediction of the credit crisis and her call for a more evolved form of capitalism have suddenly put her at the center of the universe.READ»