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McKinsey Quarterly Five Fifty

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Five Fifty: Better decisions

– The path to better decision-making means untangling the crossed web of accountability—one decision at a time.

Five Fifty: Decision factories
– Want to reduce the staggering cost of bad decisions? Turn your organization into a “decision factory.”

Five Fifty: Gut instincts
– Should corporate executives trust their intuition? Sometimes yes, but other times no, says Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahnemann. Four tests can help you decide.

Five Fifty: Genius after the fact
– Did you know it all along? Then you may be a victim of hindsight bias. 

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The 1.5-degree challenge
– Holding warming to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels could limit the most dangerous and irreversible effects of climate change.

Five Fifty: The quickening
– If you’re feeling whiplash, it might be the ten years forward we just jumped in 90 days’ time.

Five Fifty: Science as unusual
– Innovations in biological science have quickened the global coronavirus response—and signal broader competitive disruptions for... business.

Five Fifty: The color of wealth
– The wealth gap between black and white Americans is a primary force in racial inequality and social injustice. Here’s how to address... it.

Five Fifty: The other global crisis
– Can the world pay attention to climate change—even while fighting the coronavirus? Experts say we can’t afford to do otherwise.

Five Fifty: Learn fast and prosper
– Fast times require faster learning. Is your organization keeping pace? 

Five Fifty: The changeable organization
– What does it take to transform corporate organizations? New research reveals the variables that matter most.

Five Fifty: Soft skills for a hard world
– As workers interact with ever-smarter machines, the demand for soft skills is beginning to surge.

Five Fifty: 100 projects at a time
– Trying to launch new tech-powered businesses—while upgrading the tech quotient of your old ones? Better hope you can multitask.

Five Fifty: Innovating bold
– Want a more innovative company? Check your aspirations—and your willingness to make tough

Five Fifty: Fast and modular
– Want to move faster, fly higher, and generally perform like a top technology company? Try the modular approach to platforms.
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