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635: McKinsey Senior Partner Chris Bradley on The Real Drivers of Long-Term Economic Growth

Chris Bradley, Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company and Director of the McKinsey Global Institute, discusses the ideas behind his book A Century of Plenty and the long-term drivers of economic growth. Bradley explains that much of the public debate about the economy assumes growt ...  Show more

634: BCG's Julia Dhar on Why 70% of Major Change Efforts Fail

Julia Dhar, Managing Director at Boston Consulting Group and founder of the firm's Behavioral Science Lab, joins us to discuss why most organizational change efforts fail and what leaders can do differently. Drawing on behavioral science and her work advising major organizations, ...  Show more

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