A-Z Date

Insights: Entrepreneurship

Ben Walker

A leading voice in design thinking

September 2019

Ben Walker meets Duke Corporate Education’s Renaissance Man Others are perhaps the greatest observers your own characteristics. “People have extended opportunities to me that I didn’t see myself,” says Justin[…] Read More

Local reputation is key to a strong global brand

September 2019

John Davis describes how effective brands create trust by catering to local markets “It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it,” said Benjamin Franklin, founding father of the United States, more than 200 years ago. His words are still relevant to global business today. But what is reputation? Reputation = Global brand + Local[…] Read More

Rita McGrath

Look before you flop

September 2023

Failed ventures are the norm. Ask questions first. Most new businesses fail. Whether startup or venture initiated by[…] Read More

Vivek Wadhwa

Reopen the American way

September 2021

Barriers to immigration undermine innovation. The US is losing the global race for talent. The west isn’t wild[…] Read More

Michael Chavez

The empathy recipe

December 2021

Suneel Gupta shows why half-baked ideas are the key to innovation. Perfection can alienate. Yet incompleteness can be[…] Read More

Michael Chavez

To innovate, first ask why

December 2019

Zopa found success by asking ‘why,’ not ‘what.’ A company that knows its purpose makes better products. James[…] Read More