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McKinsey Interviews Jim Wallis

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Jim Wallis, author of Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street—A Moral Compass for the New Economy was interviewed by McKinsey Publishing’s Rik Kirkland. Here is the video, courtesy of McKinsey Quarterly:

At this year’s World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, the topic of corporate ethics and personal values will take on marquee status as one of the six highlighted pillars of the 2010 meeting. Reverend Jim Wallis—author, CEO of the social-justice organization Sojourners, and Davos veteran—has helped drive the change that moved the issue of values to the core of this year’s discussions.

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Dan Wooldridge reflects on the difference between information, knowledge, and the wisdom we desperately need.

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Are CEOs Underchallenged?

Pay Ratios Barely Scratch the Surface

Whole Foods Chairman and CEO John Mackey notes that executive pay in the United States is 300 times greater than the wages of average workers. Are CEOs overpaid? At InsideWork, we think there may be an even bigger question: are CEOs under-challenged?

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Changing the Rules

The Middle Class at Risk

Harvard Law’s Elizabeth Warren chronicles the American middle class at risk in her Social Science Research Council paper, "Rewriting the Rules: Families, Money and Risk." Underneath the surface issues, usury raises its ugly head.

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Signs of the Times

Customer Service Disconnect

Everyone claims to believe in customer service. But little hints are everywhere that there is a big disconnect between what businesses say and what they really believe and do.

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Benchmarking the Best

The system is not the solution (it's the people!)

Jim Hancock

Risk

Encounters with Jesus in the Financial District

Solomon West

168 Hours

Is a difference that makes no difference really a difference?

Jim Hancock

Why Service is the Best Form of Marketing

You can buy this kind of noteriety

Michael Holmes

Meetings Meetings (and More) Meetings

The more the words, the less the meaning

InsideWork

Dan Wooldridge

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