Strategy+Business – August 2019

TECH & INNOVATION

Winning with a data-

driven strategy

Pawan Kumar, Ramy Sedra,

and Javier Barguñó Casanova

Making decisions based on hard

evidence requires a major shift in

culture, technology, and mind-set.

TECH & INNOVATION

Facing up to the automotive

innovation dilemma

Evan Hirsh, Rich Parkin, and Reid Wilk

The rise of connected, autonomous,

shared, and electric vehicles will reshape

the industry. The challenge in the mean-

time is survival.

LEADERSHIP

Incentives for a strong

leadership culture

David Reimer and Adam Bryant

Three key pay and performance

metrics can help define and influence

an organization’s values.

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ORGANIZATIONS & PEOPLE

A strategist’s guide

to upskilling

Laurent Probst and Christian Scharff

Companies and local governments can

unlock opportunity by working together

to raise the quality of talent.

The new digital curricula

TECH & INNOVATION

How to build disruptive

strategic flywheels

Sundar Subramanian and Anand Rao

Gaming, artificial intelligence, and

deep learning are paving the way for

dynamic and resilient 21st-century

business models.

Simulating returns

WORLD VIEW

A crisis of legitimacy

Blair Sheppard and Ceri-Ann Droog

Today’s toughest global challenges

are unintended consequences of

yesterday’s success. If our prevailing

institutions can’t adapt, they could

lose the right to lead.

TECH & INNOVATION

The dawn of the

Chinese blockbuster

Bruce Feirstein

Filmmakers with local heroes and

digital technologies are disrupting

Hollywood’s global advantage.