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| | | | At 250 years old, the United States is the world’s most competitive economy. America’s history of reinvention holds compelling lessons as the nation confronts a future of immense, if uncertain, opportunity. In our featured story, Olivia White, Eric Kutcher, Kweilin Ellingrud, Shubham Singhal, Scott Blackburn, Arvind Govindarajan, Aly Spencer, and coauthors explore what it will take to sustain America’s competitive edge—and help shape the country’s next economic chapter.
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| | | | | sovereign AI as a lever for national competitiveness and resilience | | | | | | | the mindsets and practices that strengthen leadership effectiveness | | | | | | | leading with both head and heart | | | | | | | six business models that offer powerful lessons for leaders seeking growth and reinvention | | | | |
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| | | | | America’s history of reinvention holds compelling lessons as the nation confronts a future of immense if uncertain opportunity | | Read the full report  | | | | | |
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| | | | | Sovereign AI is achievable only through an ecosystem effort that connects energy, compute, data, models, platforms, and applications across multiple actors. Understand sovereign AI
| | |  | | | | | | What distinguishes those who achieve sustained excellence in the CEO job? In-depth conversations with leaders reveal five common principles they rely on to guide their actions. Apply leadership principles daily
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| | | | | Automated kitchens, AI-powered hyperpersonalization, and “unbundled” formats are accelerating restaurant reinvention. What’s next on the menu
| | |  | | | | | | Six business models piloted in Asia offer lessons for global leaders in any market—and just might be the key to the next wave of sustainable growth. Explore 6 business model archetypes
| | |  | | | | | | Agentic AI is here—and that means AI systems are starting to make decisions and take action autonomously. To deliver on AI’s value, leaders need to reckon with new risks. Make innovation stick
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| | | | | Executives’ optimism about economic conditions globally and at home faded as geopolitical tensions escalated, and concern shifted toward geopolitical instability and energy prices. | | Explore the research  | | | |
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