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design

21 The Dean of Dallas Design

Billionaire TimHeadington is trying

to breathe more life into down-

town Dallas by giving it a hipper

aesthetic.By SHEILA MARIKAR

tech

27 VR Gets Real in the OR

Doctors and medical students are

increasingly using virtual reality

to prepare for surgery.

By ANDREW ZALESKI

37 Ta c k lin g “ To ugh Te c h”

Unlike many venture capitalists,

Katie Rae is a fan of startups

that take on big and complicated

problems.

Interviewby RENAE REINTS

venture

40 Forget Pie in the Sky,

Drones Are Saving Lives

Drones may one day make your

life easier by delivering pizza,

but today—in Rwanda—they are

playing a vital role in emergency

medical services.By TOM JACKSON

focus

7 Hot Under the White Collar

Around the globe, prosecutors

seem to have a growing appetite

for holding corporate leaders

accountable.By ADAM LASHINSKY

10 On Macron vs.

the Gilets Jaunes

Was France due for an insurrec-

tion?By LINDSEY TRAMUTA

11 Billion-Dollar Babies

Retailers need to cultivate

hip brands, not reinvent core

offerings.By PHIL WAHBA

12 Your Money Is No Good Here

The rise of cashless retail is

pushing legislators to help those

without bank accounts.

By DANIEL BENTLEY

14 Revealing Leaves

Us Reeling

In the age of Instagram, baby

showers get taken to the next

level.By DANIEL BENTLEY

AND LUCAS LAURSEN

18 The Best Workplaces

for Diversity

Fortune and research partner

Great Place to Work based this list

on responses from women, people

of color, the LGBTQ community,

those with disabilities, and older

employees.By RADHIKA MARYA

briefing

4 Unfinished Business

Why deploying 51 people to cover

the struggles of the middle class is

part and parcel ofFortune’s mis-

sion.By CLIFTON LEAF

foreword

passions

49 Beautiful and Sustainable

Big players in one of the planet’s

most polluting industries are

finally getting serious about their

environmental responsibilities.

By LINDSEY TRAMUTA

thebigidea

45 Why Business Must

Step Up to Shape the Next

Industrial Revolution

Technological disruption threat-

ens to create a gap between busi-

ness’s priorities and society’s.

By KLAUS SCHWAB

BACK PAGE

last byte

96 Underperforming Asset

Americans keep investing in

the laggard enterprise known as

U.S. health care. Life expectancy,

meanwhile, has barely budged.

Text by CLIFTON LEAF; graphics

by NICOLAS RAPP

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42 When Workers and
Investors Share the Wealth
Being stingy wth pay and benefits
can boost profits in the short
term. But companies—and their
stocks—may do better when
they’re generous.
By RYAN DEROUSSEAU